Dr Anna Tarrant School of Sociology and Social A strategy for exploring men’s care responsibilities in low-income localities using qualitative secondary analysis

Process of refining research questions Research Proposal Meetings with third sector workers/gatekeepers and provision of workshops and resources Qualitative Secondary Analysis of Timescapes project data: IE and FYF Meetings with third sector workers/gatekeepers and provision of workshops and resources Qualitative Secondary Analysis of Timescapes project data: IE and FYF Literature Review/Conceptual mapping Review of outcomes from secondary analysis Knowledge Exchange workshop bringing relevant stakeholders together to prioritize themes Refine questions in light of stakeholder priorities and Timescapes analysis

Qualitative Secondary Analysis A valuable methodological tool Key sociological debates Epistemological issues – qualitative research as an ‘insider activity’ (Mauthner et al, 1998)? Context and working across datasets Intellectual property and research ethics

Title Methodological Strategy Stakeholder Ethics (Neale, 2013) 1.Familiarisation with the datasets and determining ‘fit’ 2.Datasharing workshops o Bornat et al (2008) o Irwin and Winterton (2012) 3.Qualitative Secondary Analysis

Title Methodological Strategy ProjectIntergenerational Exchange Following Young Fathers Data SourceTimescapes Archive Research DesignQualitative Longitudinal (4 waves) Qualitative Longitudinal (5 waves) Time Frame SampleLow-income mid life grandparents (including grandfathers) Low-income teenage fathers MethodsIn-depth interviews, Life Histories, Relational maps, meetings with practitioners. In-depth interviews, participants observations (walking interviews), collaborative working with practitioners. InterviewersMix; early career, female academic, senior male academic Early Career, female academic

Title Methodological Strategy Stakeholder Ethics (Neale, 2013) 1.Familiarisation with the datasets and determining ‘fit’ 2.Datasharing workshops - Bornat et al (2008) - Irwin and Winterton (2012) 3.Qualitative Secondary Analysis

Title Value of data sharing The workshops required the time commitment of about 2.5 days by primary research teams Continued familiarisation for secondary analyst and clarification of context of data production, Identification of unexpected insights through comparison, New substantive insights in relation to men, care, (grand)parenting in contexts characterised by constraint

Title QSA - Men’s care responsibilities in low-income localities Shared themes across datasets Practices and moral reasoning (descriptive) What the men say they do and why they do it Multiple care responsibilities (analytical) Barriers and enablers relating to what men want to do and what they can do Service intervention and the importance of individual workers Relational dynamics and mediation of male care responsibilities Longitudinal dynamics of men’s care responsibilities Cumulative effects of young fathering/grandfathering and their impact on men’s poverty over time

Title Conclusions QSA is a valuable tool in supporting the process of refining research questions for a new empirical project about men’s longitudinal care responsibilities in low-income localities, It has enabled new insights in relation to men’s care responsibilities in contexts of constraint and has enhanced the process of identifying gaps in knowledge, Given the epistemological and methodological challenges identified for secondary analysts it has been necessary to devise appropriate strategies for analyzing datasets that are not familiar or directly comparable, This strategy required being attentive to all stakeholders in the research, including primary analysts.