The Dynamics of Inequality and Poverty Among Children in Colombia During the COVID-19 Recession
This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the income, inequality, and poverty levels among Colombian children between 2019 and 2020, using data from the Luxembourg Income Study Database. The income distribution and changes among Colombian children are analyzed using the probability density function and growth incidence curve. The paper utilizes the Foster –Greer–Thorbecke methodology to measure child poverty in Colombia, decomposes the contributions of different subgroups to child poverty and its changes, and conducts a growth-distribution decomposition of changes in child poverty. The study also emplo...
Source: Child Indicators Research - February 3, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Community Violence, Perceived Neighborhood Quality, Collectivism and Children ’s Life Satisfaction: A Cross-national Perspective
This study adopts a child-centric perspective, focusing on children as active social agents, in order to scrutinize the determinants influencing their life satisfaction. The overarching objectives of this investigation are twofold: (1) to investigate the potential mediating role of perceived neighborhood quality in the link between community violence and children ’s life satisfaction, and (2) to investigate the moderating role of collectivism in shaping the associations between community violence, perceived neighborhood quality, and life satisfaction. The sample encompasses 13,730 children (mean age = 9.95 years, 50....
Source: Child Indicators Research - January 16, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Measuring Subjective Well-Being of High School Students: Between the Desired and the Real
AbstractSubjective well-being of high-school students depends on the relationship of the desired and the real. This distance creates conditions for the development of self-regulation and motivation for achievement. The article presents a study of the structure of subjective well-being (SWB) of senior schoolchildren. The study involved 3,282 students in grades 7 –11 living in the Tyumen Region of the Russian Federation. The instrumentation used in the study was the author-developed questionnaire based on the questionnaire of The International Survey of Children’s Well-Being – Children's World. The authors suggest that...
Source: Child Indicators Research - January 13, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
A Descriptive Study of Well-Being and Assets in Middle Childhood during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Los Angeles County School District
This study can inform efforts to optimize positive development in middle childhood during and post-COVID-19. (Source: Child Indicators Research)
Source: Child Indicators Research - January 10, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Understanding Primary School Enrollment in the Free Education Era Through Large-Scale from Punjab, Pakistan: Roadblocks to Meeting the Sustainable Development Goal
AbstractPakistan ’s government has long been committed to providing its citizens with accessible and universal education. However, these efforts have yielded little gains for society due to several social and economic factors. Subsequently, Pakistan has a lower literacy rate and is one of the lowest in South Asia and the rest of the world. Although such a substantial issue is daunting and weakens the country’s educational system, more evidence is needed that proposes potential implications or interventions to identify the most important in-school factors of primary school enrollment in Pakistan. Therefore, the present ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 30, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Children ’s Subjective Well-Being During the Coronavirus Pandemic
AbstractHow did the coronavirus pandemic affect the subjective well-being (SWB) of children? In this paper, we use data from the Children ’s World Survey, encompassing 9,684 children aged 9 to 15 residing in nine European countries. Our goal is to evaluate the influence of both material —access to digital communication devices— and immaterial factors —information sources about Covid-19, activities conducted during lockdown, an d the extent of social support— on children’s SWB during the pandemic. We also account for individual characteristics, such as age and gender, as well as country-specific effects. The ana...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 26, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy and Intellectual Disability: Predictors and Personal Outcomes
This study provides useful information about strengths and needs of children and adolescents with CP and ID in the different domains of QoL and with insights into factors that may help to enhance their QoL. (Source: Child Indicators Research)
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 19, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Geographical analysis of gender disparity in out-of-school children in Nigeria
AbstractThere are over 10 million children of primary school age out-of-school in Nigeria. Thus, school non-attendance is still a major problem in the country. A few studies have been done to understand the causes. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of studies that have examined the gender variations in out-of-school children (OOSC) and the underlying predictors across the country. Investigating the gender dimension of school non-attendance will enhance gender specific policies as the causes of school non-attendance are likely to vary between gender and across states or regions. To this end, this study conducts a spatial anal...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 19, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
The Mediator Role of Positive Experiences at School in the Relationship between Academic Self-Confidence and School Belonging in Turkish Secondary School Students
AbstractSchool belonging is crucial to a student ’s overall wellbeing and academic success, which refers to their connection and identification with their school community. It encompasses their relationships with peers and teachers and their engagement in academic and extracurricular activities. Research has identified individual and social fact ors that affect school belonging; however, the factors associated with students’ covitality factors and positive psychology dimensions are unclear. Therefore, this study aims to determine the mediator role of positive experiences in the school in the relationship between academ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 16, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Are South African children on track for early learning? Findings from the South African Thrive By Five Index 2021 Survey
We report on a national South African multistage cluster sampling survey of early development in 5,222 children aged 50-59 months enrolled in preschool programmes. Children were assessed on the Early Learning Outcomes Measure (ELOM 4&5), the ELOM Social-Emotional Rating Scale, and linear growth (height-for-age), in the last quarter of 2021. ELOM 4&5 is standardised for South Africa and measures development in five domains: Gross Motor, and Fine Motor Development, Numeracy and Mathematics, Cognition and Executive Functioning, and Literacy and Language skills. Cut scores are used to classify children as On Track, Fal...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 15, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Quantifications of the Rights of the Child: Lessons Learned and Moving Forward
AbstractResearch on human rights has often focused on civil, political, and personal integrity rights to the exclusion of other categories of rights. Children ’s rights have been one of these often-overlooked categories, at least in part because of the much more recent creation of relevant international law. While many practitioners do work to further children’s enjoyment of their rights, this has not been reflected with widespread, global measurement efforts by quantitative scholars. In this review, we first argue for the importance of measuring children’s rights. We then present several paths for translating intern...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 13, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Fiscal Policy and Child Poverty in Ethiopia
This study investigates the effects of public transfers and taxes on the wellbeing of children in Ethiopia. It applies the Commitment to Equity for Children (CEQ4C) methodology to examine the burdens of taxation and the benefits from government transfers and spending, and their differential wellbeing impacts on children. The study integrates data from Ethiopia Socioeconomics Survey 2018/19, which also collected data on taxes and transfers, with administrative data. Measuring its distribution by child monetary and multidimensional wellbeing, the study finds, on average, a progressive, poverty-reducing and equalizing fiscal ...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 13, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Who are the Happy Girls? Gender Comparison Using a Biopsychosocial Approach: Health Behavior School-Aged Children Study in Portugal During Covid-Pandemic
AbstractFrom an ecological perspective, this study aimed to understand and characterize the similarities and differences between girls and boys regarding the perception of happiness. This paper is based on the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2022 study. 5809 students from 6th (29.6%), 8th (33.5%), and 10th (37%) grades responded, of whom 50.9% were female, with a mean age of 14.09 years (SD = 1.82). The results allow us to study and identify similarities and differences between four groups from an ecological perspective: happy girls, happy boys, unhappy girls, and unhappy boys. For both boys and girls...
Source: Child Indicators Research - December 13, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Effect of the Duration of Preschool Attendance on Academic Achievements —Evidence from PISA 2018
AbstractResearch has consistently demonstrated the positive influence of preschool on students' development, with a longer duration of attendance generally correlating with improved academic achievements. However, according to the marginal utility theory, it is conceivable that there might exist an optimal duration of preschool attendance to maximize academic benefits. Currently, the optimal duration remains uncertain, and it may vary depending on the distinctive preschool characteristics of different countries. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effects of different durations of preschool attendance on ac...
Source: Child Indicators Research - November 29, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
The Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the Construction of the Family Affluence Scale: Findings from 16 Countries
AbstractThe Family Affluence Scale (FAS) is a widely used and validated instrument to measure adolescents ’ socioeconomic status (SES). It is plausible that the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting social and economic changes have affected the capacity of the six-item FAS-III to measure adolescent SES, particularly the holiday and computer items. Using data from 247,503 adolescents from 16 European countri es participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study before (2013/14 and 2017/18) and during (2021/22) the pandemic, the present study aims to fill this gap. Findings showed that although the intern...
Source: Child Indicators Research - November 27, 2023 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
