INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD CARE IN URBAN SOUTH AFRICA

C. Question set for adult who has grown up at the center
1) How long did you live at the center?
2) What services did the center offer you while you lived there?
3) In what ways did those services help your experience of growing up?
4) What words would you use to describe your childhood?
5) Where did you live before you moved to the center?
6) Why did you move to the center?
7) What were your close relationships while you were there?
8) When and why did you move out?
9) How has the center changed since you lived there?
10) What difference did the center make in your childhood?
11) Which close family members (if any) were you still able to see after you moved
to the center?
12) As an adult, what do you think of the center?
13) What do you think of care centers and orphanages in general?
14) How are you still involved with the center, if at all?
15) What is your life like today, as an adult?
16) How has your childhood at the center led you towards that life?
17) Were the experiences of other children who grew up alongside you similar?
18) What were the challenging parts of growing up at the center?
19) What were the good parts of growing up at the center?
20) How would you define a good childhood?
D. Question set for older teenagers, age 14-19, male and female
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