The IQDA provides a space for researchers and academics across numerous organisations to share information and experiencesof using the Growing Up in Ireland qualitative data. Below is a list of current projects that are using the Growing Up in Ireland qualitative dataset that is archived at IQDA
Recent publications Recent published papers that have used the Growing Up in Ireland qualitative dataset that is archived at IQDA
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Working out? Family strategies in household employment and childcare and the impact on child wellbeing
Commencement: 2012
Lead Researcher: Catriona O'Toole, Education Department NUIM (profile)
Institution: National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Project Description: This study will involve an evalutation of wellbeing of children from families where the parents are working and where the children are minded by others (relaitves/ neighbours/ paid carers)
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Digital childhood
Supported by the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences
Lead Researcher: Dr. Brian O'Neill, IRCHSS Senior Research Fellow, The Centre for Social and Educational Research (CSER), DIT Mountjoy Square (profile)
Other Researcher(s): Dr. Thuy Dinh, Post-doctoral researcher, The Centre for Social and Educational Research (CSER), DIT Mountjoy Square (profile)
Institution: Dublin Institute of Technology, Mountjoy Square
More info:http://www.dit.ie/cser/cserexpertise/digitalchildhoods/
Project Description: This research theme studies the role of information and communication technologies in contemporary childhood, examining the diverse array of opportunities for new modes of learning and socialization as well as risks posed for children and young people in Ireland today.
The aim of this project is to enhance our knowledge of digital childhoods from an Irish standpoint. Building on the 2010 EU Kids Online survey of children’s use of the internet, this project will consolidate and develop new research findings about Irish children’s digital experience within a comparative European framework. The project will develop a critical analysis of current data on childhood, ICTs, opportunity and risk in Ireland and augment existing quantitative data with new qualitative focus group studies on children’s understanding of internet opportunities and risks. The research will provide a policy assessment of educational, e-inclusion, safety, and privacy dimensions of ICT use and will incorporate stakeholder engagement and guides to policy action in education, digital literacy and ICT regulation.
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An exploration of patterns of 'paternal involvement' in children's lives
Commencement: 2012
Lead Researcher: Dr. Michael Rush, UCD School of Applied Social Science (profile)
Other Researcher(s): Prof Tony Fahey, UCD School of Applied Social Science (profile), Louise Creagh, UCD School of Applied Social Science
Institution: Univeristy College Dublin
Project Description: This project proposes to utilize a mixed methodology to analyze patterns of paternal involvement in children's lives. With a focus on the child's perceptions of 'paternal involvement'.
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The Relationship Between Educational Experiences of Young Irish Students and Their Physical Wellbeing
Commencement: 2012
Lead Researcher: Dr. Ann MacPhail, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (profile)
Institution: University of Limerick
Project Description: To extend and com
pliment the recently published 'Influences on 9-Year-Olds Learning' by introducing and interrogating children and parents in-depth data, particular to young people's physical well-being.
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Children's Wellbeing - Multi-stakeholder Perspective
Commencement: 2012
Lead Researcher: Dr. Sinead Hanafin
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Educational attainment of young people in Ireland
Commencement: 2012
Lead Researcher: Dr. Delma Byrne, Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth (profile)
Institution: National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Project Description: The data will be used to explore a range of issues relating to the educational attainment of young people in Ireland, alongside the quantitiative dimension of the study. Specifically, the data will be used to explain variation in educational attainment among 9 year old males and females. In doing so, the main goals of the research are to consider how educational attainment varies across individuals, schools and regions in Ireland and to consider the key influences on the educational attainment of 9 year olds in Ireland. In doing so the proposed research seeks to contribute to wider objectives of the GUI study, namely 'to identify the persistent adverse effects that lead to social disadvantage and exclusion, educational difficulites, ill health and deprivation' and to 'pro
vide evidence for the creation of effective response policies and services for children and their families'.
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'Till Death Us Do Part' Marital Breakdown in Modern Society
Commencement: 2012
Lead Researcher: Dr. Sara O'Sullivan, UCD School of Sociology (profile)
Other Researcher(s): Eileen Nagle, UCD School of Sociology
Institution: University College Dublin
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Family Rhythms
Commencement: 2012
Lead Researcher: Dr. Jane Gray, Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth (profile)
Other Researcher(s): Dr. David Ralph, NIRSA, NUI Maynooth, Ruth Geraghty, NIRSA, NUI Maynooth
Institution: National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Project Description: The Family Rhythms project aims to re-vision family change in modern Ireland in light of recent theoretical developments, through an in-depth analysis of newly available qualitative data resources held in the Irish Qualitative Data Archive including Growing Up in Ireland. The research will examine changes in the textures, meanings and rhythms of family life in order to develop an understanding of the processes underlying changing demographic structures, to be reported in a state-of-the-art textbook.The research has been funded by a Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellowship from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Family Well-Being in Difficult Times: A Model of Factors Influencing the Well-Being of Families on Limited Incomes in Ireland
Commencement: 2012
Lead Researcher: Dr. Lorraine Swords, Children's Research Centre, TCD (profile)
Other Researcher(s): Brian Merriman, Children's Research Centre, TCD
Institution: Trinity College Dublin
Project Description: This projecrt aims to investigate how limited family income can influence key family well-being measures using data collected as part of Growing Up in Ireland, the National Longitudinal Study of Children.
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Exhibition for 50th Anniversary of Psychology at TCD, at the Science Gallery
Commencement: 2012
Lead Researcher: Dr. Elizabeth Nixon, School of Psychology, TCD (profile)
Institution: Trinity College Dublin
Project Description: The School of Psychology in TCD is celebrating its 50th Anniversary and as part of the celebration is hosting an exhibition at the Science Gallery. As GUI has been conducted at the Children's Research Centre, which is part of the School of Psychology, we would like to showcase soem of the qualitiative findings, as the theme of the exhibition is 'Happy'.
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Children and inclusion/exclusion in contemporary Ireland
Commencement: 2011
Lead Researcher: Dr. Caitriona Ni Laoire, Institute for Social Sciences in 21st Century, UCC (profile)
Institution: University College Cork
Project Description: Background research on children's experiences of inclusion and exclusion in difference contexts
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Spending Time with Family and Friends: Children’s Views on Relationships and Shared Activities
Commencement: 2011
Lead Researcher: Prof Colette McAuley, UCD School of Applied Social Sciences
Other Researcher(s): Caroline McKeown, UCD School of Applied Social Sciences
Institution: University College Dublin
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Sample data for Illustration at Summer School in Cork, 13th Sept 2011
Commencement: 2011
Lead Researcher: Dr. Jane Gray, Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth (profile)
Institution: National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Project Description: Data was presented at IRCHSS funded UCC Summer School 2011 at University College Cork, to provide samples on accessing and using qualitative data on childhood and children.
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Family Relationships and Family Well-Being
Commencement: 2011
Lead Researcher: Dr. Patricia Keilthy, Social Science Research Centre, UCD
Other Researcher(s): Dr. Ela Polek, Social Science Research Centre, UCD
Institution: University College Dublin
Project Description: This study will examine relational well-being in the families of nine year-old children in Ireland, viewed in the context of a comprehensive analysis of factors relevant to family well-being as measured int he first wave of data on the nine year old sample from the Growing Up in Ireland study. The study will focus especially on five inter-related issues: (1) the intactness of couple relationships since first formation; (2) the inter-personal quality of couple relationships; (3) the links between the intactness and quality of the couple relationships and the individual well-being of parents; (4) the quality of partents' relationship with children , as reported both by parents and children; (5) a comprehensive modeling of child well-being, with reference especially to links with the factors examined in (1) and (4). An underlying concern of the study will be to examine inequalities between families in the various dimensions of well-being, explore the inter-linkages between these dimensions of inequality and locate them in the context of inequalities in income and living standards, education, social class, ethnicity and gender in Irish society. The study aims to contribute both to the development of policy on family support in Ireland and to international academic research on family dynamics, particularly in regard to the interaction between family inequalities and broader social inequalities.
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The Research Scholarship Programme was established in 2001. The aim of the Programme is to develop research capacity in relation to children and, this year, to support research projects directly relevant to the outcome areas of the 
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