Survey and Interview Data on Kinship Caregiver Support Needs

95 survey responses and 20 semi-structured interviews explore the support needs of kinship caregivers raising children due to parental substance use disorder. The mixed-methods study, authored by Sonja J. Meiers, identifies top needs including helping children with trauma and navigating complex systems. Findings were integrated to reveal three major areas of support: caring for the child, the caregiver, and the whole family.

Use Cases

• Analyze caregiver support needs based on survey and interview data mentioned in the description
• Model associations between family coping skills and family functioning based on reported statistical relationships
• Identify themes in qualitative interview data regarding disruptions caused by parental SUD
• Design targeted interventions for kinship caregivers based on the three major support need areas identified

Strengths

• Data was collected via a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative survey (N=95) and qualitative interview (N=20) components
• Findings include statistically significant associations (p=0.001, p=0.024) between family coping, caregiver health, and family functioning
• Results were integrated to identify points of convergence between quantitative and qualitative data

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is small (156.8 KB), indicating limited scope

Provenance

Source

Sonja J. Meiers via figshare

Collection Method

Anonymous online survey and semi-structured interviews

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-23 14:39:01; freshness should be verified