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Children’s Subjective Well-being in Rich Countries

Bradshaw, J.; Martorano, B.; Natali, L.; de Neubourg, C.

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Authors

J. Bradshaw

B. Martorano

L. Natali

C. de Neubourg



Abstract

This paper is based on background research we undertook for UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 11 on child well-being in rich countries. It develops a new domain index of subjective well-being based on seven indicators drawn from the Health Behaviour of School Aged Children (HBSC) survey 2009/10, which includes life satisfaction, relationships with family and friends, well-being at school, and subjective health. It explores the associations between the indicators, components and the overall domain. Changes in subjective well-being between HBSC 2001/2 and 2009/10 are analysed. It then explores the relationships between subjective well-being and objective domains: material, health, education, behaviour and housing and environment. At a macro level subjective well-being is associated with all those domains. It concludes that subjective well-being should be included in comparative studies of well-being but not necessarily as just another domain. It is a related but different order measure.

Citation

Bradshaw, J., Martorano, B., Natali, L., & de Neubourg, C. (2013). Children’s Subjective Well-being in Rich Countries. Child Indicators Research, 6(4), 619-635. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-013-9196-4

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2013
Deposit Date Jul 31, 2013
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Child Indicators Research
Print ISSN 1874-897X
Electronic ISSN 1874-8988
Publisher Springer
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 6
Issue 4
Pages 619-635
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-013-9196-4
Keywords Well-being, Subjective well-being, Comparison of rich countries.

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