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Family Time Questionnaire

This questionnaire is intended to help you and your family think through how much time you spend together, how you use that time and the relationship between your paid work and family life. It will also allow Keep Time for Children to gain valuable information about pressures on family time and how families respond to those pressures. You may wish to talk through the questionnaire with other family members before you complete it.

Please fill it in on-line or send a completed copy to:
Keep Time for Children, Jubilee House, Freepost CB817, 3 Hooper St., Cambridge CB1 2NZ

1.
How many hours do you usually spend out of the house at work in a week (including travel time)?
Mother:
hrs		 Father:
hrs
2.
What is your normal daily travel to work time (one way)?
Mother:
mins		 Father:
mins
3.
Does either of you work Saturday? Please tick.
  Mother: Father:
Usually (at least 3 times a month)
Sometimes (at least once a month)
Occasionally
4.
Does either of you work Sunday?
  Mother: Father:
Usually (at least 3 times a month)
Sometimes (at least once a month)
Occasionally
5.
Do you do paid work at home?
If YES, how many hours a week?
  Mother: Father:
YES
NO
Hours
6.
How many children are there in your family? What are their ages?
No. of children:
Child: Age:
1.
2.
3.
Ages of others:
7.
Please look at the list of activities below and complete the grid for each school-age child and for each parent.

For which activity do you and your partner/spouse spend time with each child on an average weekday in term time? (If 'average' is difficult, select last week).

Please tick the boxes which apply.
Activities Child 1
Age:		 Child 2
Age:		 Child 3
Age:		 Child 4
Age:
DRESSING Mother
Father
BREAKFAST Mother
Father
JOURNEY TO/FROM SCHOOL Mother
Father
LUNCH Mother
Father
TEA/SUPPER Mother
Father
SHOPPING Mother
Father
BOARD/COMPUTER GAMES Mother
Father
PLAYING WITH TOYS Mother
Father
CHATTING Mother
Father
WATCHING TV Mother
Father
READING A STORY Mother
Father
PRAYER TIME Mother
Father
VISITING FRIENDS/FAMILY Mother
Father
OUTINGS Mother
Father
HOMEWORK/STUDY Mother
Father
HOUSEWORK/DIY Mother
Father
RADIO LISTENING Mother
Father
WASHING AND BATH Mother
Father
8.
What activities do you take your child/children to (drop off/collect/accompany)?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
9.
Do relatives or friends help share your parental responsibilities on a regular basis? (Exclude occasional baby/child sitting).
YES:
NO:
If a relative, who?
10.
Is/are your child/children unhappy about your work?
  Mother: Father:
YES
NO
If YES, why?
11.
What different 'family events' do your weekends contain and how often do you do them? Please tick.
Event Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Occasionally
SHOPPING
EXCURSIONS
VISITING FAMILY MEMBERS
SPORTS/OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
SCHOOL RELATED EVENTS
GARDENING/DIY
FAMILY MEALS
ENTERTAINMENT (outside the home)
FRIENDS ROUND
CHURCH/SUNDAY SCHOOL
12.
Would you say that your work/family life balance is:
(a) Usually a big problem
(b) Sometimes a big problem
(c) Largely sorted out
13.
Does the type of work you do allow you to have an influence over your working hours?
  Mother: Father:
YES
NO
14.
If you had one tip to give parents who are struggling with time issues, what would it be?
15.
Do you have a story about the relationship between paid work and family life which you would like to share with us? Please do.

(For example, a story about the impact, good or bad, you feel your work is having on your children or family life)
16.
Any other comments? (Including views of the children).
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Name:
Address:
Email:
Daytime Telephone No.:
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Thank you for your time and for helping us with this important research.

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