Family life in Britain: Findings from the 2003 Families and Children Study FACS)
Research Report No. 250
By Matt Barnes, Nick Lyon, Stephen Morris, Vicki Robinson and Yee Wan Yau
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 families with dependent children in 2003, and is divided into a number of chapters, each of which looks at distinct features of family life. The report focuses on the circumstances, lives and conditions of families, and topics covered include: family characteristics, health, education, work, income, benefits and tax credits and material deprivation.
A companion report (Children in Britain: Findings from the 2003 Families and Children Study (FACS), Research Report 249 focuses on children in British families and includes chapters on childcare, child support, children's activities and leisure and schooling.
June 2005 276 pages 297x210mm
ISBN 1 84123 826 0
