In this study the significance of attributes in child well-being is presented. The main goal was to find features most specific for child-well being evaluation in Poland. The dataset was obtained from a survey based on a special questionnaire. To select important attributes three filter for individual attribute rank were used χ2 , information gain and relief attribute evaluator and one filter-subset selector based on rough set theory. In the article the dataset is described in details. All the attributes are named, divided by category and for each a domain is given. Then methods of attribute selection applied in experiments are presented. Finally results on selecting attributes relevant for child well-being are discussed.
Abstract Child well-being is a dynamic concept currently under revision due to its complexity and the need to incorporate traditionally overlooked perspectives. An essential aspect of this revision is considering children as active agents in defining the concept itself and incorporating new elements that enrich the more traditional economics-based and adult-centred conceptualisation. In these regards, the capability approach (CA) provides valuable theoretical support for an expanded understanding of child well-being. Therefore, this article aims to offer a systematised review of the literature from the last two decades that uses this approach in examining children and childhood. To do so, the authors examined the main international databases and conducted relevant additional searches, identifying 63 journals that have published capabilitarian articles over the last two decades. Our findings show that most publications concentrate on recent years, with an expansion of the methodologies used and the contexts addressed. Although education seems to be one of the primary interests of this literature, there has also been an increasing range of children’s realities and topics observed that we summarised in 10 categories. Between then, we dig deeper into the subsegment that specifically addresses the category of child well-being. Our review reveals that quantitative approaches and European contexts are predominant within these papers, and we analyse how they concern different spaces, well-being dimensions and intersectionalities.
In this article the results of the child perspective studies (Nentwig-Gesemann, Walther & Thedinga, 2017; Nentwig-Gesemann et al., 2021), which focused on the question of kindergarten quality from the perspective of four to six year old children, are considered in a different theoretical context or framework (reframe): that of subjective well-being and mental health. This re-framing, which is not a re-interpretation but an alternative interpretation of existing research findings leads to a new model of subjective well-being from the child's perspective, in which four dimensions of well-being are distinguished for the kindergarten context: personal well-being; social well-being; space-, time- and thing-related well-being; organisational well-being.
The number of people commuting to work is increasing, including those who spend at least two hours travelling to and from work per day. In Germany, the group of these long-distance commuters comprises about 1.6 million people. To date, there has been little research on the possible consequences of long commuting times for family life and commuters’ children. On the basis of a pooled data set from the German Family Panel pairfam, we examine the relationship between parental commuting, the parent-child relationship and child well-being, both from the parent’s as well as the child’s perspective while also distinguishing between mothers and fathers. Some results indicate that long-distance commuting is associated with a poorer parent-child relationship and ultimately with lower child well-being. However, the association is rather sporadic and substantively weak.
Christine Borowsky, Sonja Drobnič, Michael Feldhaus
Frequent parent–child contact after divorce is generally assumed to be in children's best interests, but findings are mixed. This study extends the small body of research about the conditions under which parent–child contact is more beneficial or less beneficial by examining the role of predivorce parental involvement. It is argued that the more a parent was involved in child rearing in the past, the more important postdivorce parent–child contact is for child well‐being. Data from the Netherlands (N = 3,694) show that when children live with the parent who was not the primary caretaker, child well‐being is lower. Similarly, the more the father used to be involved in child rearing, the more beneficial nonresident father–child contact is for children. These findings suggest that it is not so much the frequency of contact per se that matters for child well‐being but, rather, the extent to which postdivorce residence arrangements reflect predivorce parenting arrangements.
The article presents the results of developing and testing an integral assessment of the well-being of children in Russia. The authors build on an approach used by international organizations such as UNICEF and the OECD, which defines child well-being as a set of parameters that influence the lives of children now and in the future. Particular attention is paid to solving the research question of what indicators, given the availability and reliability of the empirical base, should be presented in the index of child well-being to cha- racterize its economic component. The Statistical Index of Child Well-Being (SICW), proposed by the authors, includes 27 indicators based on official statistics and the results of sample surveys of Rosstat, which allow for assessing the level of well-being of children in the regions of Russia. Each of the 27 indicators can be attributed to a specific domain and a specific type of results. The SICW's «material well-being» domain includes six indicators and indicators reflecting the availability of resources for a child and his family to achieve the ultimate goals of his development. The paper presents the results of testing the «material well-being» subindex based on data for 2020–2022 at the regional level. They make it possible to analyze the dynamics of this subindex, compare the levels of economic well-being of children in Russian regions, objectively evaluate achievements and highlight problems in ensuring children's well-being in general.
Good policy making for child well-being calls for government ministries, agencies and other service providers to better collaborate and focus on a small number of key child well-being issues. "Integrated policy making for child well-being: Common approaches and challenges ahead" takes stock of OECD countries’ recent initiatives to strengthen the integration of child well-being policies. It documents OECD countries’ experiences of implementing integrated policy plans for child well-being and child-specific policy tools, specifically child indicator sets, child impact assessments and child budgeting. It lays out the challenges facing countries as they work to push the child well-being policy agenda forward and discusses what countries can do to become more effective. Pursuing efforts to strengthen the integration of child well-being policies is costly. Accordingly, it’s important for countries to proactively consider the arising challenges and to look at options to overcome or avoid altogether the common pitfalls.
Aims and objectives: The aim of this scoping review is to investigate the association between bilingualism in the family and child subjective well-being, by reviewing the literature to identify key themes to date and remaining questions for future research. Methodology: Scopus, Web of Knowledge, ERIC, Psych Articles and PsychInfo were searched systematically between September and October 2018, and after title, abstract and full-text screening, 17 of the initial 1433 articles were included in this review. Data and analysis: Each study was coded for the discipline from which it emerged, the language combination studied, the measures of well-being and language proficiency it used, the geographical location of the study and the number of participants. Data on the link between bilingualism and well-being was extracted from each study. Findings and conclusion: Two main themes were identified: ‘The effect of language proficiency on family relationships’ and ‘The acculturation of parents and children as mediated by language’. Across studies, there was significant heterogeneity in definition of concepts and a diverse range of measures employed. In addition, the studies identified suggest a positive link between minority language maintenance and child well-being, and a positive influence of bilingualism, rather than knowledge of only the home or the majority language. However, the directionality of these relationships will need to be investigated in future research. Originality: This is the first scoping review conducted systematically to explore the link between bilingualism in the family and child well-being internationally. It builds on previous work such as a narrative review which examined this association in the European context.
Lisa‐Maria Müller, Katie Howard, Elspeth Wilson et al.
This policy brief provides an overview of the child labour situation in the Republic of Serbia, presenting key findings, conclusions and recommendations derived from multiple sources.
AbstractThis study focuses on Switzerland where child-care is limited in offer and costly. It examines what child-care patterns parents of 0- to 4-years old children use; and, how different arrangements relate to several domains of mothers’ and fathers’ cognitive and affective subjective well-being (SWB). A major contribution of the present study is the distinction between child-care provided by parents, grandparents, relatives, formal institutions and mixed arrangements. Based on data from the Swiss Household Panel (SHP) from 2002 to 2017, multilevel regression models are applied to estimate the relationship between child-care arrangements and both parents’ SWB. The results demonstrate that grandparental care relates positively to both parents’ SWB: Compared to grandparental child-care, relatives and formal or mixed child-care arrangements tend to decrease most of the satisfaction dimensions. Formal child-care and child-care provided by relatives as well as mixed arrangements relate to a decrease in positive affect. Negative affect is not significantly associated to the different child-care arrangements.
