The Impotence of Earnestness and the Importance of Being Earnest: recruiting older men for interview

Hadley, Robin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4254-7648 (2014) The Impotence of Earnestness and the Importance of Being Earnest: recruiting older men for interview. In: Studies of Ageing Masculinities: still in their infancy? The Representation of Older People in Ageing Research Series (14). The Centre for Policy on Ageing, London, pp. 68-83. ISBN 9780904139235

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on some of the challenges I encountered when recruiting participants for a study about the involuntary childlessness of older men. In particular I reflect on the different methods and strategies I employed to respond to the challenges I faced when trying to access and recruit participants. Integral to that examination are my reflections on the experience of the different approaches taken as well as the power dynamics inherent within the process and how they influenced it.