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The Well-Being of Children in the UK /
The 'Well-being of Children in the UK' is a comprehensive report on the physical, cognitive, behavioural and emotional well-being of children in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It provides an up-to-date and thorough review of existing data.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2016.
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| Edición: | Fourth edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN IN THE UK
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- List of abbreviations
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- Efforts to monitor child well-being
- What does child well-being mean?
- Comparative indices of child well-being
- Spending on children
- Structure of the book
- Conclusion
- 2. Demography of childhood
- Introduction
- Child population
- Age composition of the child population
- Fertility
- Average family size
- Ethnicity
- Marriage, cohabitation and lone parenthood
- Divorce and remarriage
- Lone parents
- Stepparents
- Only children
- Conclusion
- 3. Child poverty and deprivation
- Introduction
- Policy context
- Child poverty
- Country, regional and area variations in child poverty
- Characteristics of children in poverty
- Child poverty dynamics
- Intergenerational transmission of poverty
- The views of children
- Child poverty and the financial crisis
- International comparisons of child poverty
- Comparisons of material well-being and other domains of well-being at an international level
- Conclusion
- 4. Physical health
- Introduction
- Infant and child mortality
- Birth weight
- Infant feeding
- Immunisations
- Self-assessed health
- Comparative studies of self-assessed child health
- Common chronic conditions with increasing prevalence
- Injuries and accidents
- Dental health
- Health behaviours in children
- International comparisons of overall child health
- Conclusion
- 5. Subjective well-being and mental health
- Introduction: Subjective well-being
- Introduction: Mental health
- Suicide
- Conclusion
- 6. Education
- Introduction
- Overview of key changes in education policy, 2010-15
- Education attainment of children at the end of Key Stage 2
- Attainment at 15+
- Competences at the age of 15.
- Children's well-being at schools
- Disaffection in education
- Latest findings on educational inequality and social mobility
- Conclusion
- 7. Housing and the environment for children
- Introduction
- Poor housing
- Homelessness
- Poor environments
- Conclusion
- 8. Children's time and space
- Introduction
- Children's spaces
- Virtual space
- Children's play
- Children's time use
- Children's employment
- Children as carers
- Conclusion
- 9. Children and young people in care and leaving care
- Introduction
- Numbers, trends and characteristics of children in care
- Experiences of care
- The well-being of children in care
- Routes out of care
- Conclusion
- 10. Child maltreatment
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Data sources
- Administrative data
- Self-report data1
- Conclusion
- 11. Childcare and early years
- Introduction
- Background
- Child outcomes
- Early intervention
- Conclusion
- 12. Children, crime and correction
- Introduction
- Definitions and indicators
- Overall levels of crime
- Types of crime committed by children
- First time entrants to the youth justice system
- Outcomes and punishments
- Key issues in relation to the use of custody
- Trends in reoffending
- Conclusion
- 13. Conclusion
- What is the comparative evidence?
- What are the national trends?
- Recent context
- Future context
- Bibliography
- Index.