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Olive Custance was one of the most prolific women poets published in The Yellow Book, with poems appearing in eight of its thirteen volumes. She is also mentioned in several studies of the fin de siècle; as her 1972 bibliographer Nancy J. Hawkey states: 'her name is invariably included in contemporary lists of representative poets' of the 1890s. For example, in 1925, Richard Le Gallienne fondly recalled her 'flower-like girlish loveliness' at John Lane's teas and includes her in a list of prominent 'minor poets' of the period. In The Eighteen Nineties (1913), Holbrook Jackson groups her among 'those poets who give expression to moods more attuned to end-of-the-century emotions'. This fosters the impression that Custance did not continue writing beyond the fin de siècle. Modern critics perpetuate this notion, observing her apparent poetic silence following her final volume, The Inn of Dreams (1911), which itself consisted largely of reprints from The Blue Bird (1905). However, Custance in fact continued publishing long after 1911, producing work throughout the 1920s, 30s and 40s, until her death in 1944. In this article, I will consider why her later work has been overlooked, contextualizing her position in the twentieth century. This investigation provokes challenging questions about how we might address the disquieting political uses to which Decadent poetry may be put.

BackgroundIntegrating administrative data from multiple sources offers important statistical insights that can expedite the knowledge-to-policy development cycle. Yet, administrative data lack contextual complexity because they are designed to measureservice contact and not service experience. Put differently, they tell us about people's movements through systems of intervention but not about the people using services. Reliance on administrative data alone therefore risks omitting criticaldimensions of experience and perspective which, when interrogated, have the potential to inform programme and policy design.
ObjectivesThis poster demonstrates how a sequential (explanatory) mixed methods design will be operationalised in a study that examines the temporal dynamics of family homelessness in Dublin, Ireland.
Methodological ApproachOver the course of the research, the Pathway Accommodation and Support System (PASS) and Local Authority housing list will be linked to create a rich dataset of the subpopulation of homeless families which will be supplemented with primarydata generated by in-depth interviews with families experiencing particular trajectories through homelessness. A core goal is to illustrate how data integration will occur with the aim of: 1) contextualising administrative (quantitative) data withnarrative (qualitative) findings; and 2) examining experiential dimensions of family homelessness that cannot be captured by the study's administrative datasets.
ConclusionsIt is argued that 'mixing' quantitative and qualitative techniques can contribute to fuller understanding of the circumstances that facilitate or block families' paths to housing stability and advance knowledge of the type(s) of policy and housinginterventions needed to ensure that families successfully exit homelessness and remain housed.
Originality/ValueThe development and implementation of a mixed methods approach has the potential to produce an explanatory framework by integrating the reach and rigour of administrative data with the depth and nuance of qualitative inquiry. This, in turn, will yield more robust understanding of effective and appropriate policy responses.