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Measuring what matters for child well-being and policies
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To design, implement and monitor effective child well-being policies, policy-makers need data that better capture children's lives, measure what is important to them and detect emerging problems an...
To design, implement and monitor effective child well-being policies, policy-makers need data that better capture children's lives, measure what is important to them and detect emerging problems and vulnerabilities early on. Despite improvements in recent decades, there are still important gaps in both national and cross-national child data. Countries can achieve progress if the right actions are taken.
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- English
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- Paris : OECD Publishing, 2021
- ©2021
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- 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9789264924437, 9264924434, 9264599398, 926458353X, 9789264583535, 9789264599390
- OCLC
- on1292355155
- Foreword -- Executive summary -- 1. Overview and summary. 1.1. Introduction ; 1.2. Child well-being measurement in OECD countries ; 1.3. An "aspirational" framework for child well-being measurement ; 1.4. An overview of key priorities and gaps in cross-national child data ; 1.5. The agenda ahead for child data ; References ; Annex 1.A. Summary of dimensions and indicators included in national and cross-national child well-being measurement initiatives -- 2. Measuring what matters most for children. 2.1. Introduction and main findings ; 2.2. What does child well-being mean? Conceptual foundations for child well-being measurement ; 2.3. A conceptual framework for measuring child well-being ; References -- 3. Do children have the things they need? 3.1. Introduction and main findings ; 3.2. Key child material outcomes ; 3.3. Key aspects of children's settings and environments for child material outcomes ; 3.4. Key public policies for child material outcomes ; 3.5. Data on children's economic and material well-being ; 3.6. The way forward ; References ; Annex 3.A. Overview of available and comparable cross-national data on children's economic and material well-being -- 4. Are children active and physically healthy? 4.1. Introduction and main findings ; 4.2. Physical health as a key driver of well-being across childhood ; 4.3. Physical health outcomes ; 4.4. Health behaviors ; 4.5. Environment and public policies ; 4.6. Overview of data availability ; 4.7. The way forward ; References ; Annex 4.A. Details on data availability -- 5. Do children feel safe and secure, respected, included and happy? 5.1. Introduction and main findings ; 5.2. Key aspects of social and emotional well-being ; 5.3. Key influences on children's social and emotional outcomes ; 5.4. Overview of data availability ; 5.5. The way forward ; References ; Annex 5.A. The Big Five domains of social-emotional development ; Annex 5.B. Overview of data on children's social and emotional well-being -- 6. Are children learning and achieving in education? 6.1. Introduction and main findings ; 6.2. An overview of cognitive development and educational attainment ; 6.3. Cognitive development and educational progression and attainment ; 6.4. Key influences on children's cognitive development and education outcomes ; 6.5. Overview of data availability ; 6.6. The way forward ; References ; Annex 6.A. Details on data availability