Research and Statistics

Children in Britain: Findings from the 2003 Families and Children Study (FACS)

Research Report No. 249

By Maxine Willitts, Tracy Anderson, Clare Tait and Grace Williams

The 2003 Families and Children Study (FACS) is the fifth in a series of annual surveys, which investigates the circumstances of British families with dependent children. This report presents descriptive findings, representative of all children in 2003, and is divided into a number of chapters, each of which looks at distinct features of children's lives. The report focuses on the circumstances, conditions and lives of children, and topics covered include: child characteristics, health, schooling, children's activities and leisure and childcare.

A companion report (Family life in Britain: Findings from the 2003 Families and Children Study (FACS), Research Report 250 focuses on the circumstances of the family unit and of the main adult respondent (and their partner) and looks at distinct features of family life.

June 2005 158 pages 297x210mm

ISBN 1 84123 825 2