In this paper, we discuss findings from a study on intergenerational relationalities in order to examine some aspects of how people over 50 years of age experience belonging in their everyday lives. Belonging emerged not as a single unitary ‘thing’, but a complex intersecting of...

This article is written to accompany and respond to the articles that form the special issue of Sociological Research Online on \'Re-using qualitative data\'. It argues that the articles are a welcome contribution, because they help to move the debate beyond moralistic and polarised positions,...

This paper is written as a practical and accessible guide to some key issues in mixed methods research. It explores six broad strategies that can underpin the mixing of methods and linking of different forms of data, be they qualitative, quantitative, or spanning this divide. The paper outlines...

Economic inactivity and worklessness have been identified by the UK Government as two of the most important causes of social exclusion at a national level. Following advice presented by the Social Exclusion Unit's (Report of the Policy Action Team 18—Better Information (London: The Stationary...

This article is concerned with conflicts of interest between people's commitment to employment and their responsibilities to kin, especially for the care of elderly relatives. Questions are raised about what is generally seen as the appropriate balance of priorities, and how such priorities and...