Dr Peter Seaman, of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, carried out this research while at the Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society. He has previously researched parenting and the changing nature of family forms, emergency contraception and the causes of health inequalities. Professor Malcolm Hill is the director of the Glasgow Centre for the Child & Society and Associate Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. His recent work has been concerned with parenting, children's resilience, consulting young people, looked after children, the transition to secondary school, the Scottish children's hearings and young refugees. Dr Anne Stafford is deputy director of the Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity, University of Edinburgh, and has a background in child protection, having worked as head of policy and research for Children 1st for many years.