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Lea Caragata
A Qualitative Analysis of Resilience in Lone Mother-led Families: Executive Summary
“Whatever doesn’t kill us makes us strong”
Lea Caragata, Sara Cumming abd Bill Ruffett
published: 2011 | Research publication | Research Report
This
research examines resilience and social inclusion/exclusion among an already
at-risk population, immigrant and Canadian-born lone mothers living in poverty.
A recently collected (2005-2009) longitudinal qualitative data set of about 400[1]
in-depth cross-Canada interviews with lone mothers who were receiving social
assistance at the study’s commencement has been purposefully augmented with new
interview and focus group data. These new data were oriented to clarifying,
specifying and further delineating the dual aspects of resilience: adversity,
and personal, familial, community, cultural and institutional protective
factors that have been identified as supporting resilient behaviours and
outcomes. The research includes lone mothers’ assessments of their own
resilience on a number of dimensions. Data have been analysed and findings and
their policy implications formulated through reference to a feminist social
inclusion framework.
[1] The original study included 104 lone mothers who were each interviewed four times over a five year
time period.
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