The Modern Families Index is produced by Bright Horizons in partnership with the charity Working Families. It is a national survey of UK working parents and carers designed to give insight into their challenges and aspirations. It is produced annually using a sample of working parents from across the UK. The 2017 Index was completed in 2016 by 2,750 parents across the UK. Responses were gathered online across 11 regions, with 250 responses from each major UK region.
To take part, respondents needed to be in paid employment (full or part time) or selfemployed, and to have a dependent child aged 13 or under who lives with them some or all of the time. The 2017 survey had an almost equal number of respondents by gender. No selection criteria were attached to relationship status, allowing both couple and single-parent households to complete the questionnaire. What problems do you think the survey might have in getting a representative sample of such families?
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