International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 10, 4

Reflections on Two Studies of Emotionally Sensitive Topics: Bereavement from Murder and Abortion • Optimal Matching Analysis Using Ideal Types to Describe the Lifecourse: An Illustration of How Histories of Work, Partnerships and Housing Relate to Quality of Life in Early Old Age • Islam, Ethnography and Politics: Methodological Issues in Researching amongst West Yorkshire Pakistanis in 2005 • Use of Mixed Methods in a Study of Residence and Contact Disputes between Divorced and Separated Parents • Qualitative Data from a Postal Questionnaire: Questioning the Presumption of the Value of Presence