Mapping Paths to Family Justice – Data Collection ReadMe File
1.	Filename - Mapping Paths to Family Justice Phase 1 & 2 Data
This file includes-
a.	Mapping Paths to Family Justice Phase 1 - Structured Questionnaire and Showcard for the National Omnibus Survey.  This pdf file relates to the National Omnibus Survey Data file (see (b) below) and was a module of structured questions on the TNS-BMRB omnibus survey used to collect data from the England and Wales nationally representative sample over two waves in 2011 and 2012. A showcard was used to inform participants of the definitions of the different Alternative Family Dispute Resolution processes.
b.	Omnibus variable labels. This XLS file sets out the variable names for the National Omnibus Survey Data in full.
c.	Mapping Omnibus Code Book Family Justice Survey. This SPSS file sets out the Code Book for the National Omnibus Survey Data.
d.	Mapping Paths to Family Justice Phase 1 - National Omnibus Survey Data. This is the SPSS file of data collected in Phase 1 from an England and Wales nationally representative face to face survey using a module of structured questions on the TNS-BMRB omnibus survey over two waves in November 2011 and January 2012, using the structured questionnaire in (a) above.  Total sample size, n = 2,974. 
e.	Mapping Paths to Family Justice Phase 2 - Party & Practitioner Project Information Sheets, Consent Forms and Interview Schedules.  This pdf file contains the project information sheets, consent forms and interview schedules used in the two sets of semi-structured telephone/face to face interviews with (i) 95 parties and (ii) 40 practitioners.  These relate to the interview transcript data described in (f) and (g) below.  The 2 metadata files ‘Data List Mapping Paths to Family Justice Phase 2 Party Interviews’ and ‘Data List Mapping Paths to Family Justice Phase 2 Practitioner Interviews’ list the interviews and related information.
f.	Mapping Paths to Family Justice Phase 2 - Individual Interview Transcripts with Parties. These pdf files are transcripts of the 95 interviews with parties who had experienced one or more Alternative Family Dispute Resolution processes (mediation, collaborative law, solicitor negotiation) when trying to resolve a dispute relating to children and/or financial issues on divorce or separation.  These data relate to the relevant party interview schedules in (e) above. The Phase 2 Party Sample was a purposive national sample of people who had experienced relationship breakdown between 1996 and 2014 recruited in part from recruitment questions on both the national omnibus survey and from Civil and Social Justice Panel Survey. Interviews were undertaken between 2012 and 2014.  A list of the interviews and related information is set out in the metadata file ‘Data List Mapping Paths to Family Justice Phase 2 Party Interviews’.
g.	Mapping Paths to Family Justice Phase 2 - Individual Interview Transcripts with Practitioners. These pdf files are transcripts of the 40 interviews with family practitioners (solicitors, mediators, collaborative lawyers) who are accredited to practise one or more of the Alternative Family Dispute Resolution processes (mediation, collaborative law, solicitor negotiation) to assist parties resolve family disputes relating to children and/or financial issues on divorce or separation.  These data relate to the relevant practitioner interview schedules in (e) above.  The Phase 2 Practitioner Sample was a purposive national sample of family mediators, solicitors and collaborative lawyers recruited via professional associations. Interviews were undertaken between 2012 and 2013.  A list the interviews and related information is set out in the metadata file ‘Data List Mapping Paths to Family Justice Phase 2 Practitioner Interviews’.