This archive contains files containing data from 
Project ES/L009307/1
Intimate migrations: exploring the experiences of LGB migrants from Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union in Scotland 
The following folders/files have been archived:

Folder name	Subfolders/Files names	Description	
1.	Metadata	•	Stage_1_Biographical_Interviews_Sociograms (subfolder)

Contains:
1_Information_Sheet_Stage_1.rtf
2_Consent_Form_Stage_1.rtf
3_Demographic_Questionnaire_Stage_1.rtf
4_Indicative_Interview_Schedule_Stage_1.rtf
5_Notes_on_Sociograms.rtf

•	Stage_2_Photodiaries_FUp_Interviews (subfolder)

Contains:
1_Consent_form_Stage_2.rtf
2_Photo_Diary_Instructions_Log_Book.tif
3_Indicative_Interview_Schedule_Follow_Up_Interview.rtf
4_Notes_on_photo_diaries.rtf

•	Participants_Demographic_details.cvs 

Includes:
o	Participant identifiers (interviewer number; pseudonym)
o	Participant profile (nationality; age; years lived in UK; sexual orientation; gender identity; marital status; education; occupation)
o	Data (details of biographical interview (date, interviewer, language); whether sociogram and photo diary have been completed; details of follow-up interview; whether permission to archive was given)
		
2.	Biographical interviews	49 biographical interviews (RTF files)

Participantnumber_Participantpseudonym_BI.rtf

	Transcripts of 49 semi-structured biographical interviews. The interviews explore participants’ backgrounds, life in their country of origin, reasons for migrating and experiences of migration and settlement.

(Stage 1 data)	
3.	Sociograms	48 sociograms (TIF files)

Participantnumber_Participantpseudonym_Sociogram.tif	Sociograms are diagrams charting participants’ social networks and most meaningful social relations. At the end of the biographical  interview, participants were asked to draw a sociogram, which was discussed in the last part of the biographical interview.

(Stage 1 data)
 	
4.	Photo diaries	17 photo diaries; organised into 17 subfolders (one for each research participants), named:

Participantnumber_Participantpseudonym_Photo_Diary

Each folder contains:
•	Photographs or drawings based on participants’ photographs, named:

Participantnumber_Participantpseudonym_Photo_Diary_Pic_X.tif

•	Log book with details of each photograph submitted (if provided by participant), named:
Participantnumber_Participantpseudonym_Photo_Diary_Explanatory_Text.rtf
	Photo diaries completed by 17 stage 1 participants; photo diaries were intended to further explore migrants’ sense of belonging, emotional attachments and social relations.

(Stage 2 data)

	
5.	Follow-up interviews	17 follow-up interviews (RFT files)

Participantnumber_Participantpseudonym_FUp.rtf
	Transcripts of 17 follow-up interviews, largely based on a discussion of the photo diaries submitted.

(Stage 2 data)