65 semi-structured, deidentified interviews with parents and grandparents conducted in Spring 2020. The data captures experiences, challenges, coping mechanisms, and rewards of parenting during the coronavirus outbreak, focusing on mothers in the Syracuse, NY area. Amy Lutz authored this qualitative study, which was harvested by QDR.
Use Cases
- Analyze gendered impacts of COVID-19 based on the focus on mothers' experiences.
- Study the intersection of work and childcare based on descriptions of parents working while overseeing education.
- Explore coping strategies and challenges of remote schooling based on the qualitative interview design.
Strengths
- 65 interviews provide a substantive qualitative sample.
- Focus on a specific time period (Spring 2020) and location (Syracuse area) offers contextual clarity.
- The study design explicitly aimed to understand experiences, challenges, coping, and rewards.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The sample is heavily skewed towards mothers (59 out of 65), which may limit perspectives from fathers.
Provenance
- Source
- Amy Lutz, QDR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Semi-structured phone interviews
- Time Range
- Spring (April-June) 2020
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-04 07:12:42; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Syracuse, NY area