The Impact of Welfare Reform in Scotland - Tracking Study - Year 1 Report - Appendices
The aim of the study is to explore the impact of on-going welfare changes on a range of households in Scotland over time. This report provides the findings from the first year of the study by presenting results from the first two sweeps of interviews. Sweep 1 took place from September 2013 to January 2014 and sweep 2 took place from April 2014 to July 2014
Appendix 4 Interview Schedule - Sweep 2
| The Impact of Welfare Reform in Scotland: Questionnaire, Sweep 2 My name is [name]. I am from The Employment Research Institute at Edinburgh Napier University. We have been asked by the Scottish Government to explore the impact of the welfare changes over time on a sample of households in Scotland. We appreciate the time you have given us so far and look forward to hearing more about your experiences regarding welfare benefits. We would like to remind you that this is a 3 year research project and, as long as you agree and are happy for us to do so, you will be contacted twice a year to take part in an interview for the project:
If you have had any changes in circumstances, for example new additions to your household, we would appreciate the opportunity to interview them, if appropriate and if you agree. Taking part in this study, as all stages, is completely voluntary. As with the previous interview everything you say will be kept confidential. I will take this opportunity to remind you, as was the case before, when we write our report or any academic papers, we will not use any real names or give information that might identify you as the person who has told us these things. If you do agree to take part, you can stop at any point, or decline to answer any particular question that you are not comfortable with. Because of the nature of this research it is possible that we might touch on periods or events in your life which are quite personal, so please feel free to let us know if you would rather not talk about any issue, or if you would prefer to change the subject or to not answer particular questions. Also, because people's experiences are so different, some questions may seem more relevant to you than others, so please feel free to say more on these as you see fit. The interview is an informal conversation and we want to hear what you have to tell us about your experiences. We would, again, like to record the interview if that is ok, so that we can remember everything that you have told us today. Recordings will be kept securely and destroyed after the reports or any articles that might come from the research have been published. Are you happy for us to record this interview or would you prefer us not to? Do you have any questions? |
| Details for the interviewer to complete Date of interview: Interviewer: Location of interview: Person's present (apart from the interviewer and the main interviewee): If another person (not the main interviewee) answers any of the questions, please note this in the margin. [Interviewer: focus on the qualitative responses. Closed questions/coding is for limited analysis] |
| Section 1: Participant and Household Background |
| I'd like to start by asking about any updates since our last meeting on you and the people who live in your household. 24. Since the last interview have there been any changes in who is in your household? a. Probe: Anyone moved in; anyone moved out; children born; partnership status [Interviewer: if there are any changes in who is in your household, probe for answers to complete the below grid to get information about new household composition - also include details of those currently in the household who were also in the household at last interview] |
| Person Number |
Relationship to the interviewee |
Age of household member |
If child, is the participant the parent/ legal guardian |
Sex of household member |
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| Participant 1 |
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| Participant 2 |
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| Participant 3 |
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| Other household member 1 |
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| Other household member 2 |
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| Other household member 3 |
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| Other household member 4 |
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| Other household member 5 |
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| Other household member 6 |
25. Has there been any change to the type of accommodation that your household lives in?
a. Probe: If yes, does your household own or rent your new accommodation?
[Interviewer: Tick answer from list below]
- Owned/being bought on mortgage
- Shared ownership (part-owned part-rented)
- Private rented
- Council (local authority) rented
- Housing association, housing cooperative, charitable trust, registered social landlord rented
- Other (specify)
b. Probe: If yes, how do you feel about this new accommodation? (Area, number of rooms, why they moved, etc.)
| Section 2: Employment and training/education |
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| 26. Have you been involved in any training or education or achieved any new qualifications since the last interview?
27. How would you describe your working life since leaving school, and in the last 2 years? [Interviewer: Only ask interviewee to summarise their working life since leaving school and in the last 2 years if not adequately covered in last interview] [Interviewer: Ask interviewee to summarise their responses by selecting one of the below phrases - only ask if not covered in previous interview] |
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| 28. Are you currently employed/(still employed)?
[Interviewer: If unemployed skip to question 10; if employed since last meeting then go directly to next question] [Interviewer: confirm details in grid below from last interview and add the new job(s)]
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