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"I Felt they were Ganging up on me": Interviewing Siblings at Home

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Punch S (2007) "I Felt they were Ganging up on me": Interviewing Siblings at Home. Children's Geographies, 5 (3), pp. 219-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733280701445770

Abstract
The paper explores the methodological implications and some of the inter-generational and intra-generational power relations involved when carrying out research with children at home. It draws on data from individual and group interviews about children¡¯s experiences of sibling relationships and birth order. The study was conducted with 90 children between the ages of 5 and 17, from 30 families of mixed socio-economic backgrounds in central Scotland with three siblings within this age range. The paper discusses some task-based interview techniques as well as the advantages and disadvantages of interviewing siblings individually and in groups within the home setting.

Keywords
siblings; methods; home; interviews; focus groups; Rural children Social conditions Cross-cultural studies; Interviewing Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Sibling Relations

Journal
Children's Geographies: Volume 5, Issue 3

StatusPublished
Publication date31/08/2007
Publication date online10/09/2007
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PublisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
ISSN1473-3285
eISSN1473-3277

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Professor Samantha Punch

Professor Samantha Punch

Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

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