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A comparison of child well-being in the EU 29

Jonathan Bradshaw Child ONEurope European Seminar on Child Well-being Indicators Instituto degli Innocenti Florence 29 January 2009. A comparison of child well-being in the EU 29. Background. UNICEF State of the World’s Children

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A comparison of child well-being in the EU 29

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  1. Jonathan Bradshaw Child ONEurope European Seminar on Child Well-being Indicators Instituto degli Innocenti Florence 29 January 2009 A comparison of child well-being in the EU 29

  2. Background • UNICEF State of the World’s Children • Cornia and Danziger (1997) Child Poverty and Deprivation in Rich Countries • UNICEF Innocenti Report Cards 1-6 • Luxembourg EU Presidency – child mainstreaming • Ben Arieh and the “Jerusalem” project • Bradshaw, J., Hoelscher, P. and Richardson, D. (2007) An index of child well-being in the European Union 25, Journal of Social Indicators Research, 80, 133-177.http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/f3642p2x00hn5h01/fulltext.pdf • UNICEF (2007) Innocenti Report Card 7 Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-being in Rich Countries • Bradshaw, J. Hoelscher, P. and Richardson, D. (2007) Comparing Child Well-being in OECD Countries: Concepts and Methods, IWP 2006-03. Florence:UNICEF. http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/iwp2006_03_eng.pdf • Richardson, D. Hoelscher, P. and Bradshaw, J. (2008) Child well-being in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Child Ind. Res. 1: 211-250. • Bradshaw, J. and Richardson, D. (2009 An Index of Child Well-being in Europe (forthcoming)

  3. Conceptualisation of child well-being • Multi-dimensional approach • Based on children’s rights as outlined in the UN CRC • “the primary consideration in all actions concerning children must be in their best interest and their views must be taken into account” • What children think and feel is important • Aspirations • Child the unit of analysis • Well-being more important than well-becoming • Focus on outcomes not inputs • Use direct measures

  4. Data Sources for EU index 2009 • Surveys • Health Behaviour of School Aged Children (HBSC) at 2005 • Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) at 2006 • Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU) at 2006 • Series • WHO mortality data base • World Bank World Development Indicators • OECD Health Indicators • EU Health for All Data base • OECD Education at a Glance,

  5. DOMAINS OF WELL-BEING • 43 indicators • 20 components • 7 domains

  6. DOMAINS OF WELL-BEING • Health • Subjective well-being  • Personal relationships • Material resources • Education • Behaviour and risks • Housing and the environment

  7. Child well-being: Summary

  8. Health

  9. HEALTH

  10. Subjective well-being

  11. Components of subjective well-being

  12. Relationships

  13. RELATIONSHIPS

  14. Material well-being

  15. MATERIAL WELL-BEING

  16. Risk and safety

  17. Components of risk and safety

  18. Education

  19. EDUCATION

  20. Housing and the environment

  21. Housing and the environment

  22. Background • UNICEF State of the World’s Children • Cornia and Danziger (1997) Child Poverty and Deprivation in Rich Countries • UNICEF Innocenti Report Cards 1-6 • Luxembourg EU Presidency – child mainstreaming • Ben Arieh and the “Jerusalem” project • Bradshaw, J., Hoelscher, P. and Richardson, D. (2007) An index of child well-being in the European Union 25, Journal of Social Indicators Research, 80, 133-177.http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/f3642p2x00hn5h01/fulltext.pdf • UNICEF (2007) Innocenti Report Card 7 Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-being in Rich Countries • Bradshaw, J. Hoelscher, P. and Richardson, D. (2007) Comparing Child Well-being in OECD Countries: Concepts and Methods, IWP 2006-03. Florence:UNICEF. http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/iwp2006_03_eng.pdf • Richardson, D. Hoelscher, P. and Bradshaw, J. (2008) Child well-being in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Child Ind. Res. 1: 211-250. • Bradshaw, J. and Richardson, D. (2009 An Index of Child Well-being in Europe (forthcoming)

  23. WELL-BEING BY CHILD POVERTY RATE

  24. WELL-BEING AND LIFE SATISFACTION

  25. WELL-BEING BY FAMILY BREAKDOWN

  26. Selected ten

  27. Overall by select ten

  28. Correlations matrix of domains

  29. Child well-being by GDP Euros per capita

  30. Child well-being and inequality

  31. Overall child well-being by spending on families with children 2005 as %GDP

  32. (Self) Criticisms • Not all aspects of child well-being covered • Bias to older children • Equal weighting • Z scores • No measure of dispersion within countries

  33. Future • Innocenti report card 8 out ?9 • OECD report on child well-being coming in April 2009 • EU project on child poverty and child well-being • Also better questions in SILC from 2009

  34. Conclusions (on for example Italy) • Italy is middling/low on child well-being overall • Not good on • Well-being at school • Youth inactivity • Poverty • Education • Housing • Better on • Self defined health • Risk and safety • Weak family package • Hypotheses • Relying on strong families - which are weakening • ?Spending too much on the elderly

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