The British Lone Parent Cohort 1991 to 1998
Research Report No. 128
By Louise Finlayson, Reuben Ford, Alan Marsh, Stephen McKay and Arpita Mukherjee
This report presents findings from the fifth and sixth sweeps of interviews of a lone parent cohort study carried out in 1996 and 1998. The lone parents were first interviewed in 1991, then again in 1993, 1994 and 1995. The research forms part of the DSS/PSI Programme of Research into Low Income Families (PRILIF). This report looks at changes in respondents' circumstances from 1991 to 1998 and focuses on issues such as family changes, receipt of Income Support and Family Credit, employment, family welfare and patterns of family health.
December 2000 161 pages 297x210mm
ISBN 1 84123 283 1 £34.00
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rrep128.asp
Social Security Research Yearbook 1999/2000
The research yearbook provides a record of the Department's social research activity. It includes summaries of projects and a list of publications arising from the research. Chapters on individual projects are included to illustrate the range of work in the programme, to draw together findings from related projects and to discuss methodological issues.
December 2000 123 pages 297x210mm