Family Friendliness
Question: How does enabling families to attend together support diversity and inclusion of the event?
Overview
Family Friendliness measures the availability and quality of family-friendly amenities at events, such as childcare, activities for children, and event tracks designed for youths and families. Data points include the provision of childcare services, youth-specific programming, and communication about these options to caregivers. This metric helps in lowering barriers to participation for parents, guardians, and caregivers, thereby broadening the potential attendee base. Offering family-oriented amenities can increase overall attendance. Family Friendliness highlights how well an event supports attendees with caregiving responsibilities, promotes inclusivity by accommodating diverse life situations and making events accessible to those who might struggle to attend due to family obligations, ensuring that family-friendly options are well-communicated and available helps create a more equitable space for all participants.
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Data Collection Strategies
- Interview conference staff
- Question: What services does the conference have for attendees who have children to take care of?
- Question: Do you have a mother’s room? If yes, describe.
- Question: Do you offer child care during the event? If yes, describe.
- Question, If childcare is offered, for what ages?
- Question: Are there activities and care that support tweens/teens (youth) and not only young children.
- Question: Do you have special sessions for children? If yes, describe.
- Survey conference participants
- Likert scale [1-x] item: How family friendly is the event?
- Likert scale [1-x] item: Anyone can bring their children to the event and know that they have things to do.
- Likert scale [1-x] item: Children have a place at the conference to play without disturbing other attendees.
- Analyze conference website [check list]
- Does the conference promote having a mother’s room?
- Does the conference promote activities for children and youth?
- Does the conference promote family-oriented activities?
- Does the conference explicitly invite attendees to bring their children?
- Does the conference offer childcare, including youth space?
References
Contributors
- Matt Germonprez
- Elizabeth Barron
- Sean Goggins
- Tejas Mate
- Peculiar C. Umeh
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