| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Children's well-being: Indicators and research, 1879-5196 ; v. 6 |
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Children's well-being: indicators and research series ; v. 6.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Kenneth C. Land -- Conceptual and Methodological Foundations of the Child and Youth Well-Being Index / Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb and Sarah Meadows -- The CWI and Its Components: Empirical Studies and Findings / Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb, Sarah Meadows, Hui Zheng and Qiang Fu -- Measuring Social Disparities via the CWI: Race-Ethnicity, Income, and Immigrant Status / Donald J. Hernandez, Suzanne Macartney and Wendy Cervantes -- Perceived Quality of Life Research on Children and Youth: Implications for a System of National Indicators / E. Scott Huebner, Susan P. Antaramian and Ashley Lewis Heffner -- Issues in Composite Index Construction / Michael R. Hagerty and Kenneth C. Land -- Scalability of the CWI: State-Level Indicators and Composite Indices / Vicki L. Lamb and William P. O'Hare -- Scalability of the CWI: Substate Regional Indicators and Composite Indices / Qiang Fu, Vicki L. Lamb and Kenneth C. Land -- Intergenerational and Cross-National Comparisons of Child and Youth Well-Being / Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb and Hui Zheng -- Policy Connections and Practical Implications of the CWI / Megan A. Curran, Shadi Houshyar and Bruce Lesley -- Conclusions and Future Directions / Kenneth C. Land |
| Summary |
This volume attests to the evolution of the Child Well-Being Index and asks what it promises for understanding the progress - or lack of progress - in enhancing the life prospects of all American children.¡¡ Recent research on the general problem of conceptualizing and measuring the well-being of children and young people is covered, as well as the conceptual foundations of the Child Well-Being Index and its methods of construction. Further, the authors assess the methodological issues involved in the construction of composite quality-of-life indices and the question of the extent to which the Child Well-Being Index can be scaled to apply meaningfully to levels of analysis below the national level. In the end, the questions of what this Index tells us about changes in child and youth well-being in the US across recent decades at national, state, and substate regional levels and in international comparisons, and which additional data series need to be developed so that the Index can be improved, is addressed |
| Analysis |
Social sciences |
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Maternal and infant welfare |
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Quality of Life |
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Developmental psychology |
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Quality of Life Research |
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Maternal and Child Health |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Children -- Social conditions.
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Well-being -- Age factors -- United States
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Quality of life.
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quality of life.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Children -- Social conditions
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Quality of life
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Well-being -- Age factors
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Land, Kenneth C.
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| ISBN |
9789400740921 |
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9400740921 |
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