SUPPORT TO FAMILIES
BACKGROUND The ‘Support to Families’ survey was designed to gather evidence regarding the welfare support services and facilities currently available to RAF personnel and their families. Our aim was to ask questions that could be answered by any member of a RAF family, regardless of their link to the Service person or whether they lived in Service-provided accommodation or not.
We sought to clarify whether families were aware of the wealth of services offered by the RAF, MoD and military charities; whether they had made use of these services and what they thought about those they had used. We also wanted to take the opportunity to inform those family members who may not have been aware of the support services that could, or should, be made available to them.
It should be noted that there are different types of statistical data incorporated within this report. Where we have conducted more in-depth analysis of the votes cast on a particular question, we have reported actual numbers, rather than percentages, so readers have a clear understanding of the variations between the numbers of participants in each category.
PARTICIPANT DATA A total of 728 family members took part in this survey; 329 attended interactive workshops and 399 voted online. Votes came from 39 locations, both in the UK and overseas. These numbers include the votes cast on the units which kindly allowed the RAF FF to run workshops on-site. Our thanks go to the Station Commanders, personnel and families at St Athan, Odiham, Ayios Nikaloas, Akrotiri, Episokpi, and Cosford for their support.
Analysis of the personal data provided indicates that: Relationship to the RAF u 63% of participants were serving, 36% were non-serving and 1% Reservists. u The majority of votes came from the non-commissioned cadre, namely SACs, Cpls and Sgts. u Voters from the commissioned cadre were mainly Flt Lts and Sqn Ldrs. Personal Status u The gender division was 53% male, 47% female.
u Whilst the majority of voters were married, it was of note that 7% were in a co-serving relationship. 5% of those who participated were unmarried, non-serving partners.
u Voters came from a cross-section of age groups; 33% were aged 31-40, 32% were between 21 and 30 and 25% were aged 41-55. The remaining 10% were either under 21 or over 55.
u 41% of voters had at least two children under the age of 18 living in the family home.
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