Transition to Parenthood, 1979-1981

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The study aimed to examine: (i) the extent and nature of change occurring during the transition period and parents' reactions to these changes. Particular attention was paid to economic and environmental circumstances; the division of work; and relationships with the extended family and spouse; (ii) problems and worries experienced by parents in the transition period, especially with respect to the health and management of their new child and to their own health; (iii) the availability of help and support, the use made of these various sources - both professional and informal - and satisfaction with these services; (iv) the personal resources brought by parents to the period, including prior experience of children, material possessions, attitudes to the pregnancy, ideas about appropriate parental behaviour and expectations of pregnancy, birth and parenthood; (v) the effect of sex, social class and other socio-demographic variables on these first four areas.

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Variables Economic and environmental circumstances (eg. income, housing); division of child-care and housework between parents; parental employment; marital relationship; relationships between parents and extended family; child health; parental health; child management problems (including feeding, sleep); contact and satisfaction with health and welfare services; contribution of formal and informal sources of support to problems; prior experience of children; expectations of pregnancy, birth and parenthood; parental characteristics, including age; occupational status/social class; level of education. Measurement Scales Scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire (cf. Goldberg, D. and Hillier, V. (1979) <i>Psychological medicine</i>, 9, 139-145).

Women who were booked-in by the twentieth week of pregnancy, were aged 20 - 34 and were born in the British Isles. Interviews were carried out shortly after booking-in, at 33 weeks pregnant and at 7 weeks/6 months/12 months after the birth.

Face-to-face interview

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-2316-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=c013ef640b894632e1670d51565b062b53404bf96bac9cde3fbc4a6ddc594aa4
Provenance
Creator Moss, P., University of London, Institute of Education, Thomas Coram Research Unit; Foxman, R., University of London, Institute of Education, Thomas Coram Research Unit; Bolland, G., University of London, Institute of Education, Thomas Coram Research Unit
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 1988
Funding Reference Department of Health and Social Security
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Discipline Economics; History; Humanities; Life Sciences; Medicine; Medicine and Health; Physiology; Social and Behavioural Sciences
Spatial Coverage Greater London; England