Qualitative interviews

INED is currently expanding on the quantitative study by conducting individual interviews with questionnaire respondents who have agreed to be re-contacted by phone. The aim of these interviews is to explore more freely certain topics covered by the questionnaire. These interviews are strictly scientific and participation is voluntary.

The interview can be held over the phone, face-to-face or via videoconference, whichever mode is preferred by the participant. It will focus on topics covered by the questionnaire. All responses will be made strictly confidential and all participants have been provided with the right to refuse to answer questions, which they will be able to exercise at their discretion.

Interviews currently being conducted

The interviews are being conducted by members of the ENVIE team. Different members are conducting studies on slightly different topics but all revolve around intimacy and sexuality. At present, the interviews are being conducted by the following individuals and on the following topics:

Marie Bergström, Florence Maillochon & Rébecca Lévy-Guillain: The interviews focus on the different types of relationships experienced throughout life, including the ways in which they are defined and experienced.

Titiouan Fantoni-Decayeux: The interviews focus, in particular, on falling in love for the first time and first sexual experiences, from a participant’s crush to what is often referred to as "the sexual debut”.

Malena Lapine: The interviews focus on life course events and the different relationships experienced throughout life, in relation to their respective contexts.

Romain Philit: The interviews focus on an individual’s intimate biographies starting from adolescence, i.e. their experiences of love, relationships and sexuality from adolescence to present day.

Project characteristics and participants’ rights

Your rights: The regulations in place have provided you with the following data protection rights: to object to the collection of your data, to access your data and obtain a copy, to have your data completed or rectified, and to request that your data be deleted or restricted. You may exercise these rights at any time by contacting us (see the ‘Confidentiality and rights’ page for more information and for the contact details to be used).

Protection of personal data and privacy: Your responses have been made completely confidential; as such, no personal or identifying data will be shared. INED guarantees this confidential.

Legal basis for data processing: The study is being conducted on the basis of public interest. Participation is thus not compulsory. Your responses will be processed as personal data under the responsibility of INED.

Data recipients and data retention period: The interviews are being conducted and will be analysed by members of the ENVIE team. The recordings (audio files) will be kept for up to 2 years after the interviews have been conducted, after which they will be destroyed. Only the transcripts will be subject to intermediate preservation 2 years after the date of the last scientific use of the survey (provisional date: 2031) and permanent preservation 5 years after the date of the last scientific use.

Obtaining and saving your phone number: The phone number on which we have contacted you is the one you provided, at the end of the questionnaire-based survey, for re-contacting via phone. It will be deleted immediately after the interview.