The Well-Being of America's Children

Developing and Improving the Child and Youth Well-Being Index

Buch | Hardcover

270 Seiten

2012
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-007-4091-4 (ISBN)

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In 1998, the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) provided Kenneth Land a grant to explore the feasibility of producing the first national composite index of the status of American children that would chart changes in their well-being over time. Important questions needed to be answered: was it possible to trace trends in child and youth well-being over several decades? Could such an index provide a way of determining whether the United States was making progress in improving its children’s lives? The Index of Child and Youth Well-Being (CWI) was born from these questions. Viewing the CWI trends from 1975 to present, there is evidence that the well-being of American children lags behind other Western nations. As conditions change, it is clear that the index is an evolving and rich enterprise. This volume attests to that evolution, and what the CWI promises for understanding the progress – or lack of progress – in enhancing the life prospects of all American children.

Forward by Ruby Takanishi, President, Foundation for Child Development.-

Acknowledgments.-

About the Authors.-

1. Introduction - Kenneth C. Land.-

2. Conceptual and Methodological Foundations of the Child and Youth Well-Being Index - Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb, and Sarah Meadows.-

3. The CWI and Its Components: Empirical Studies and Findings - Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb, Sarah Meadows, Hui Zheng, and Qiang Fu.-

4. Measuring Social Disparities via the CWI: Race-Ethnicity, Income, and Immigrant Status - Donald Hernandez, Suzanne Macartney, and Wendy Cervantes.-

5. Research on the Subjective Well-Being of Children and Youth and Its Implications for the CWI - E. Scott Huebner, Susan Antaramian, and Ashley D. Lewis.-

6. Issues in Composite Index Construction - Michael Hagerty and Kenneth C. Land.-

7. Scalability of the CWI: State-Level Indicators and Composite Indices - Vicki L. Lamb and William P. O’Hare.-

8. Scalability of the CWI: Sub-State Regional Indicators and Composite Indices - Qiang Fu, Vicki L. Lamb, and Kenneth C. Land.-

9. Intergenerational and Cross-National Comparisons of Child and Youth Well-Being - Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb, and Hui Zheng.-

10. Policy Connections and Practical Implications of the CWI - Megan A. Curran, Shadi Houshyar, and Bruce Lesley.-

11. Conclusions and Future Directions - Kenneth C. Land

Reihe/Serie	Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research ; 6
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 270 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	94-007-4091-3 / 9400740913
ISBN-13	978-94-007-4091-4 / 9789400740914
Zustand	Neuware