A Review Essay on the Measurement of Child Well-Being

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2012

Autores

Liliana Fernandes (Autor) Outra; Americo Mendes (Autor) Outra; Aurora A C Teixeira (Autor) FEP

Revista

Título: Social Indicators Research

Vol. 106 Nº 2

Páginas: 239-257

ISSN: 0303-8300

Editora: Springer Nature

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 48 Citações

Scopus - 49 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências sociais > Outras ciências sociais

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-002-BWV

DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9814-9

Abstract (EN): Research on indicators related to the state of child well-being is a growing field that has experienced several changes over time. The growing supply of data on children, as well as the need to facilitate conclusions and to track trends, has led researchers to develop a number of child well-being indexes. This paper critically reviews the most recent and relevant child well-being indexes, i.e., the Index of Child and Youth Well-Being in the United States, the Child Well-being Index for the European Union, the Microdata Child Well-being Index, and the Deprivation Index. The study focuses primarily on the contributions and innovations the indexes have brought to the field, making a critical assessment of the methods used in the construction of the indexes and identifying their main limitations.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 19