NatCen Social Research

Testing Questions About Families
Along with the Fatherhood Institute, we have been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to gather views from parents about how research projects, particularly large social surveys such as Growing Up in Scotland, collect information about family relationships and living arrangements.

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- Why take part?
  
  The findings will be used to improve questions in future studies to allow that better data is collected and more is understood about families where birth parents live apart. In turn, this will help ensure that services and policies are better designed to meet the needs of these families.
Who are ScotCen?
We’re Britain’s largest independent social research agency. For the last 50 years we’ve worked on behalf of government and charities to find out what people really think about important social issues and how Britain is run.

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Privacy notice
In this privacy notice, we explain the legal basis for data processing, who will have access to your personal data, how your data will be used, stored and deleted and who you can contact with a query or a complaint.

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- Our pledge to you
  
  We understand you may have some questions about our credentials and how we deal with personal information.
  
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Contact us
If you would like more information, if you would prefer not to be contacted about this particular project or if your circumstances have changed, please contact Lesley Birse by telephone on 0131 240 0210 or via email at lesley.birse@scotcen.org.uk