Social Science Survey Assignment 2022

Assignment on Social Science Survey
Assignment on Social Science Survey
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Article 1 a, b
Question 1:
The data used for the survey is a combination of the qualitative and quantitative research.
The survey is based on the component of multiple issues related with grandparents raising their
grandchildren. It includes in-depth interview with the grandparents, the policymakers and the
service provider of Australia. The survey has taken participants grandparents, to understand the
life course stage, expenses and support. It Focuses on different age ranging from 55 to 65 and
above. What impacts them from housing facilities, income, health, number of kids to social
relationship. A total of 335 grandparent care taker were interviewed. There are three groups the
younger under 55 years, the middle aged between 55 to 64 and the older grandparent from 65
and above. To see how do the governmental policies help these care takers to support their
grandchildren.
There are multiple issues faced by the grandparents while looking after the young grand
children like the engender vulnerability: a complicated life as the care takers has to maintain a all
the policies made by the state while running their family. Sometimes they have to face a
scrammed family life due to such an age gap between the kids and the grandparents. The kids are
taking shelter due to the disturbed past or parents drug abuse or any such reason. The kids
psychology gets affected and they start losing confidence. The grandparents are financial
dependency on the government funds (Strauss, 2017). They need a more individually tailored,
age sensitive policy from the government to improve the present scenario.
Question 2:
How an events, a family, individual and past history shapes the life of an individual is life
course. It is a theoretical framework that positions the individual to the historical time, place and
influencing others life course. The age at which they start parenting is a difficult phase in life.
After whole day activities they are exhausted. They are not a good companion of the kids. Some
are technologically blind. They lag in catching up with the kids. The financial responsibilities are
majorly have negative impact on the living standards of these family (Moffitt, 2017).. The

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mortgage for the home, the employment issues due to increased responsibilities. The aging also
impacts health and thus bending the life course towards a more difficult phase.
The survey was done by taking interview from the 335 grandparents. The survey did an
in-depth study of the grandparents raising their grandchildren. The quantitative analysis of ABS
data along with the interviews of grandparent carer was taken. All the factors mentioned above
was considered.
The result was represented in the form of graph to present a better picture of the case
study. Data from the surveys were fed in the spreadsheet and analysed using SPSS and thematic
content analysis for accurate result. There was a mixture of participants ranging from male to
female. The analysis showed that age and life course is associated with grandparents all the
circumstances. The age difference, socio economic gap are major factors that compel the change
in the grandparents. It is shown that the younger parents are less dependent on the governmental
fund. The grandparent always tries to make changes in their in employment, housing, health and
social relationships in association with the comfort of their grand children.
Question 3:
The survey was good all the factors that are responsible for the life course change was
taken into consideration. They used spss to understand the data better. All the results were
represented in the graphical form. This itself make the finding clear to study. I would like to add
that they should have survey more of the individuals. The survey was limited to only 335
grandparents. The survey should include question where we could understand how far the real
parents supporting the children. The survey should also include the children to understand that
they also feel the same as their grandparents feel. Are they happy or not or what changes they
want from the government. A survey is done in limited sample and this survey had both the
qualitative methodology as well as the quantitative methodology to prove its findings (Stavrova
& Ehlebracht, 2016). They survey should have been done in a span of 3 months t see the change.
One after the governments reformation and the other some years a later to understand the impact
of the change.
Question 4: