Overview of Child Well-Being in Germany: Policy towards a supportive environment for children

Hans Bertram and *unicef

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Abstract: Children’s opportunities to develop according to their talents and competencies and to establish trust in the adults with whom they live, their neighbourhoods, kindergardens, schools and municipalities crucially influence the future of the society in which they grow up. Yet, international comparisons have until recently centred on resource availability, material well-being and health outcomes. However, initiatives such as the OECD/PISA and WHO surveys of ‘healthy lifestyles among school-aged children’ have explored child well-being along several dimensions. In the case of Germany child well-being appears to be more advanced in the western than the eastern regions of the country, and in the south compared to the north. On the basis of the analysis a series of policy recommendations may be identified for the federal states and the municipalities concerning dimensions of child well-being which deserve special attention in their particular regional context.

Keywords: behaviour; child poverty; child welfare; education; social indicators; statistical analysis; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50
Date: 2007
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