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The Dynamics of Poverty and Employment: The Contribution of Qualitative Longitudinal Research to Understanding Transitions, Adaptations and Trajectories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2007

Jane Millar
Jane Millar*
Affiliation:
Professor of Social Policy, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, Bath E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In recent years there have been significant advances in our understanding of the dynamics of poverty, social exclusion and labour market transitions through the analysis of large-scale panel studies. This article examines the particular contribution that longitudinal qualitative research might additionally make in these areas, illustrated by evidence from an ongoing longitudinal qualitative study of lone mothers and their children, following the families as they leave income support for employment.

Type
Qualitative Longitudinal Research for Social Policy
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 533 - 544
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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