
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a UK social policy research and development charity, spending about £7 million a year on a research and development programme that seeks to better understand the causes of social difficulties and explore ways of overcoming them. The reports listed below are from JRF's findings series. These are four page summaries from research projects.

Women, faith and social cohesion (July 2010) More+
A national study of people over 50 living with HIV (July 2010) More+
Ethnicity and alcohol: a review of UK literature (July 2010) More+
How can parents escape from recurrent poverty? (May 2010) More+
Poorer children's educational attainment: how important are attitudes and behaviour? (May 2010) More+
Influences on how children and young people learn about and behave towards alcohol (November 2009) More+
Work and Worklessness in deprieved neighbourhood (October 2009) More+
Understanding fathering, masculinity, diversity and change (September 2009) More+
Assessments of parenting and parenting support need: a study of four professional groups (September 2009) More+
Religion, beliefs and parenting practices (November 2008) More+
Parenting 'mixed' children: difference and belonging in mixed race and faith families (July 2008) More+
Parenting in ordinary families: diversity, complexity and change (July 2008) More+
The impact of poverty on young children's experience of school (November 2007) More+
Poverty and wealth across Britain 1968 to 2005 (July 2007) More+
Family relationships in middle childhood (August 2006) More+
'Planned' teenage pregnancy: Views and experiences of young people from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds (July 2006) More+
What makes parenting programmes work in disadvantaged areas? (July 2006) More+
Parenting in multi-racial Britain (July 2006) More+
Parenting and children's resilience in disadvantaged communities (February 2006) More+
Reuniting looked after children and their families (February 2006) More+
Attracting and retaining families in new urban mixed income communities (January 2006) More+
Mentoring for young people leaving care (November 2005) More+
School exclusion and transition into adulthood in African-Caribbean communities (September 2005) More+
Attitudes to inheritance in Britain (July 2005) More+
Children's perspectives on believing and belonging (July 2005) More+
Children's involvement in family decision-making (July 2005) More+
Anti-social behaviour strategies: Finding a balance (June 2005) More+
Human rights obligations and policy supporting children and families (May 2005) More+
Children's understanding of their sibling relationships (May 2005) More+
The role of family centres in encouraging learning and understanding within families (May 2005) More+
The provision of integrated services by family centres and New Community Schools (May 2005) More+
Drugs in the family: The impact on parents and siblings (April 2005) More+
Young Bangladeshi people's experience of transition to adulthood (April 2005) More+
The impact of bereavement and loss on young people (March 2005) More+
Parental supervision: The views and experiences of young people and their parents (March 2005) More+
Underage 'risky' drinking: Motivations and outcomes (February 2005) More+
Change and continuity in young adults' experiences of long-term social exclusion (December 2004) More+
Attitudes to flexible working and family life (December 2004) More+
Supporting disabled adults as parents (November 2004) More+
The effect of parental substance abuse on young people (October 2004) More+
The outcomes and costs of Home-Start support for young families under stress (September 2004) More+
Experiencing ethnicity: Discrimination and service provision (September 2004) More+
Fathers' involvement with their secondary-school-aged children (July 2004) More+
Influences on young women's decisions about abortion or motherhood (June 2004) More+
Understanding what children say about living with domestic violence, parental substance misuse or parental health problems (May 2004) More+
Together and apart: Children and parents experiencing separation and divorce (March 2004) More+
Self-employment and family-friendly working (December 2003) More+
Family and work in minority ethnic businesses in the UK (November 2003) More+
Factors that influence young people leaving care (October 2003) More+
Disabled young adults and the parental home (September 2003) More+
Supporting disabled adults in their parenting role (September 2003) More+
Families and work in the twenty-first century (September 2003) More+
The impact of mothers' employment on family relationships (July 2003) More+
Combining self-employment and family life (June 2003) More+
How parents co-ordinate childcare, education and work (May 2003) More+
The effects on families of job relocations (May 2003) More+
School-based support work for children whose parents have separated (April 2003) More+
Resolving the tensions in parenting policy (March 2003) More+
Supporting children through family change: a review of services (March 2003) More+
Young people's changing routes to independence (November 2002) More+
Good practice in housing disabled children and their families (November 2002) More+
Children's and parents' experience of contact after divorce (October 2002) More+
Informal care and work after fifty (October 2002) More+
Employers, communities and family-friendly employment policies (September 2002) More+
The influence of atypical working hours on family life (September 2002) More+
The youth divide: Diverging paths to adulthood (July 2002) More+
How primary school children cope with family change (July 2002) More+
South Asian young disabled people and their families (July 2002) More+
Becoming adult: Young disabled people speak (July 2002) More+
Moving into adulthood: Young disabled people moving into adulthood (June 2002) More+
The nature and pattern of family-friendly employment policies in Britain (May 2002) More+
Cohabitation, separation and fatherhood (May 2002) More+
Supporting disabled adults in their parenting role (April 2002) More+
The strengths and needs of black families in which young people have caring responsibilities (April 2002) More+
An evaluation of child and family support services (March 2002) More+
Putting family-friendly working policies into practice (February 2002) More+
The costs and causes of low self-esteem (November 2001) More+
Work and family life in rural communities (September 2001) More+
Children's views of their changing families (September 2001) More+
Providing training and support for lone parents: evaluation of the SPAN Study Centre (August 2001) More+
The impact of childhood disability on family life (June 2001) More+
Young men's views of masculinity (April 2001) More+
Experiences of lone and partnered working mothers in Scotland (March 2001) More+
Closeness, authority and independence in families with teenagers (March 2001) More+
The family lives of young people (March 2001) More+
Perceptions and experiences of counselling services among Asian people (March 2001) More+
The effect of parents' employment on outcomes for children (March 2001) More+
The role and future development of black and minority ethnic organisations (March 2001) More+
Young people's views and experiences of growing up (February 2001) More+
The financial implications for parents of the death of a child (February 2001) More+
Family support for South Asian communities: A case study (December 2000) More+
Supporting disabled children and their families in Scotland: A review of policy and research (November 2000) More+
What influences teenagers' decisions about unplanned pregnancy? (November 2000) More+
Information to families with disabled children (November 2000) More+
Reforming children's benefits: International comparisons (October 2000) More+
The impact of social exclusion on young people moving into adulthood (October 2000) More+
Working with families where there is domestic violence (August 2000) More+
Young carers' transitions into adulthood (June 2000) More+
Youth, parenting and public policy (May 2000) More+
How parents cope financially on marriage breakdown (April 2000) More+
Cohabiting parents' experience of relationships and separation (April 2000) More+
A man's place in the home: Fathers and families in the UK (April 2000) More+
The views of young black disabled people on independent living (March 2000) More+
How family centres are working with fathers (March 2000) More+