Peer-reviewed article
Understanding and Measuring Child Well-Being in the Region of Attica, Greece: Rounds 4-5
Eirini Leriou ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study measures child well-being across multiple rounds of research in the Attica region of Greece, with a focus on how economic crisis and COVID-19 have affected children's quality of life. The research examines child poverty as a multidimensional problem and its geographic distribution across age groups in the region. The study proposes economic and social policies aimed at improving children's well-being during periods of economic hardship and health crisis.
Key points
- Economic crisis in Greece led to rapid increase in child poverty
- Research measures multidimensional characteristics and geographic distribution of child poverty in Attica
- Study rounds 3-4 coincided with COVID-19 pandemic outbreak
- COVID-19 health crisis affected children's well-being in the region
- Study proposes evidence-based policies to maximize children's quality of life
Limitations
The abstract does not specify the actual findings, prevalence rates, or policy recommendations that emerged from the research. The document provides methodology and context rather than substantive results or outcomes.
Abstract
In the current announcement are presented the results of the third and fourth round of the quantitative research on children’s well-being over time in the Attica region (Greece) and are proposed economic and social policies for maximizing the children’s quality of life. More specifically, during the last years, the previous economic crisis in Greece has had negative effects on the society as a whole. Nowhere are these effects more evident than in the rapid increase of child poverty in the same time period. This study focuses on the various factors in children’s well-being and, by negative inference, on child poverty as reflected in the region of Attica by age group. In this way, it defines conceptually and operationally each of the aforementioned factors. Taking this into account, the presentation briefly discusses outputs of an empirical quantitative research on child poverty in the region of Attica on the basis of a new proposed methodological framework, in order to develop an evidence-based understanding of the multidimensional characteristics, extent and geographic distribution of the aggravation of children’s quality of life in the region of Attica (Greece). Moreover, rounds 3-4, of the quantitative research coincide with the outbreak of the pandemic of COVID-19. From this point of view, it is presented how the current health crisis of COVID-19 has affected children’s well -being in the Attica.