This study was nested within a three year—survey plus interview—study of work-family-care integration in families
bringing up children with disabilities in Alberta, Canada. The analysis reported in this paper is based on Year 1 survey data.
The sampling frame for the study consisted of all English-speaking families listed in the Alberta Department of Children and
Youth Services, Family Supports for Children with Disabilities (FSCD), Child-Focused Services database. Following Ethics
Board approval (File#B-060808), and with the assistance of FSCD personnel, a stratified (by child age group: early childhood,
middle childhood, adolescence) random sample of 1300 families were invited to take part