The ISCWeB project - Children`s Worlds

The ISCWeB project - Children`s Worlds

The ISCWeB project
An overview and findings from the first wave
Tamar Dinisman, PhD
Balkan-American Conference
Strengthening families and communities. Tirana, June 19-21
www.isciweb.org
www.isciweb.org
Well-being
- Rates of
mortality
- Malnutrition
Objective
Subjective
- Perceptions
- Evaluations
- Aspirations
Children’s SWB
• The field has rapidly developed
• Traditionally been studied on the basis of
objective facts
• Well becoming vs. well-being
• Adult’s evaluations vs. Children’s
• Shortage of cross-national comparative
research
Children’s Worlds
• World-wide research survey on children’s
subjective well-being
• Aim to improve children's well-being by creating
awareness among children, their parents and
their communities, but also among opinion
leaders, decision makers, professionals and the
general public
• By collecting solid and representative data on
children’s lives and daily activities, their time use,
and in particular on their own perception of their
well-being
History
Summer and autumn of 2010
Proposing a
questionnaire that
could be used in a
variety of countries
(industrialized or
developing).
Preliminary
questionnaire was
piloted, in Brazil,
England, Germany,
Honduras, Israel and
Spain
First pilot
Planning
2009
December 2010
Findings were presented
and discussed.
questionnaire was
revised and developed
Questionnaire and data
will be freely available
2011-2012
Fall-Winter 2013
Questionnaires were
tested among 3 age
groups: 8, 10, & 12 in
fourteen countries
Representative
samples of 15
countries/regions
Early 2013
Questionnaire was
revised and finalized
Summer of 2013
The global database
was created
Full Survey
Extended pilot
History
Supported by the
Jacobs Foundation
The first wave
• The data is from surveys of children aged 8, 10 and 12
in fourteen countries.
• For 8 year olds we have over 8,400 responses from 8
countries
• For 10 year olds we have over 9,000 responses from 11
countries
• For 12 year olds we have over 16,900 responses from
11 countries
• Data has been checked and cleaned and cases with
high levels of missing data and response patterns have
been removed
• For the analysis the data for each country has been
weighted equally by gender
Extended Wave – Participants
Country
1. Algeria
Habib Tiliouine
2. Brazil
Jorge Castellá Sarriera
3. Canada
Ashley Stewart-Tufescu
4. Chile
Jaime Alfaro
Juan Carlos Oyanedel
8
10
years years
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Gwyther Rees
Jonathan Bradshaw
Asher Ben-Arieh
7. Korea
Bong Joo Lee
8. Nepal
Sabine Andresen
Johanna Wilmes
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Country
8
10
years years
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12
years
9. Romania
Sergiu Baltatescu
Brindusa Grigoras
Claudia Osvat
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10. Rwanda
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Sabine Andresen
Miriam Zeleke
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11. South Africa
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Shazly Savahl
5. England
6. Israel
12
years
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12. Spain
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13. Uganda
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Ferran Casas
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Radya Ebrahim (ARK)
Henry Senkasi (Build
Africa, Uganda)
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14. USA
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Michael Lawler
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Challenges
• Different languages
Need to adapt to different languages
• Diverse cultures
Appropriate for a wide range of cultures (developeddeveloping; various living situations…)
• Various ages
Suitable for the developmental and cognitive level of
children aged 8-12
You
• Age
• Gender
• Place of living
Your home and the people you live with
• Sleeping place
• The home you live
• People you live with
School
• 4 agreements
• 2 bulling
• 6 satisfaction
How you use your time
• Bob’s list
Money and things you have
• Pocket money
• 8 things you have
• 1 satisfaction with things you have
More about you
Your friends and other people
How you feel about yourself
• 2 agreement
• 3 satisfaction
• 3 activities
• 4 satisfaction
• Happiness
The area where you live
• 3 agreement
• 4 satisfaction
• 9 satisfaction
• 5 changes
Your life and your future
• Huebner SLSS
• values aspired
12 year-old
The context of children's lives
Born in this country
Country
Yes %
No %
Algeria
99.3%
0.7%
Brazil
99.8%
0.2%
Chile
99.2%
0.8%
England
89.4%
10.6%
Israel
91.0%
9.0%
South Africa
97.9%
2.1%
South Korea
99.4%
0.6%
Spain
88.8%
11.2%
Uganda
99.8%
0.2%
USA
98.4%
1.6%
12 year-old
Type of home
Number of homes
My
family
Foster
home
Children’s
hone
Algeria
96.7%
3.3%
-
Brazil
98.9%
0.1%
-
Country
Chile
Israel
99.0%
99.2%
1.0%
0.6%
0.2%
One
More
than one
Algeria
95.1%
4.9%
Brazil
86.0%
14.0%
Chile
90.3%
9.7%
England
86.3%
13.7%
Israel
95.6%
4.4%
Romania
90.9%
9.1%
Spain
85.8%
14.2%
Country
South Korea
99.7%
0.1%
0.2%
Spain
97.5%
0.6%
0.2%
Uganda
99.2%
0.8%
-
Uganda
99.2%
0.8%
USA
99.9%
0.1%
-
USA
79.1%
20.9%
12 year-old
First or only home
Two parents
One parent
USA
60.8%
36.5%
Uganda
77.6%
17.9%
Spain
79.9%
19.4%
S. Korea
88.8%
9.9%
Romania
86.3%
11.9%
Israel
88.8%
10.3%
England
74.8%
24.6%
Chile
67.2%
29.2%
Brazil
57.8%
37.7%
Algeria
89.7%
8.6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
10 year-old
I have clothes in good condition to go to
school in
USA
99.2%
Uganda
73.1%
S. Korea
98.7%
Rwanda
77.8%
Romania
97.4%
Nepal
99.6%
Israel
99.2%
Canada
99.3%
Chile
84.4%
Brazil
99.4%
Algeria
96.7%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
10 year-old
I have…
Access to computer at home
Access to Internet
USA
Uganda
S. Korea
Rwanda
Romania
Nepal
Israel
Canada
Chile
Brazil
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
8 year-old
Particular aspects of life
I feel safe at home
S disagree
Disagree
Neither
Agree
S Agree
USA
S. Korea
Romania
Israel
Canada
Chile
Brazil
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
12 year-old
We have a good time together in my family
S disagree
Disagree
Neither
Agree
S Agree
USA
Uganda
Spain
S. Korea
S. Africa
Romania
Israel
England
Chile
Brazil
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
12 year-old
I like going to school
S disagree
Disagree
Neither
Agree
S Agree
USA
Uganda
Spain
S. Korea
S. Africa
Romania
Israel
England
Chile
Brazil
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
12 year-old
In my area there are enough places to play or to
have a good time
S disagree
Disagree
Neither
Agree
S Agree
USA
Uganda
Spain
S. Korea
S. Africa
Romania
Israel
England
Chile
Brazil
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
12 year-old
I feel safe when I walk around in the area I live in
S disagree
Disagree
Neither
Agree
S Agree
USA
Uganda
Spain
S. Korea
S. Africa
Romania
Israel
England
Chile
Brazil
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
12 year-old
I feel positive about the future
S disagree
Disagree
Neither
Agree
S Agree
USA
Uganda
Spain
S. Korea
S. Africa
Romania
Israel
England
Chile
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
8 year-old
I feel lonely
S disagree
Disagree
Neither
Agree
S Agree
USA
S. Korea
Romania
Israel
Canada
Chile
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
10 year-old
How satisfied are you with…
Family and home
10
8.80
9 8.43
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
9.16
8.89
9.28
8.45
9.32
8.95
Average of satisfaction items
8.85
8.48
9.51
9.15
8.53
8.35
8.96
8.95
8.73
8.18
7.45
7.06
10 year-old
How satisfied are you with…
The area where you live
10
9
8.43
8 7.28
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
8.89
7.92
8.45 8.95 8.61
8.05 8.33 8.17
Average of satisfaction items
9.15
8.48 8.63
7.05
8.73
8.09
8.35 8.18
7.06
7.53
7.44
7.26
10 year-old
How satisfied are you with…
School
10
8.64
9
8.43
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
8.89
8.89
8.45 8.95
8.52
8.33
Average of satisfaction items
9.15 8.53
8.96
8.61 8.58
8.48
8.35 8.18
8.01
7.67
8.73
8.38
7.06
7.28
12 year-old
Time use
Taking care of family members
Rarely or
never
Less than once
a week
Once or twice
a week
Everyday or
almost everyday
USA
Uganda
Spain
S. Korea
S. Africa
Romania
Israel
England
Chile
Brazil
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
10 year-old
Helping with housework
Rarely or
never
Less than once
a week
Once or twice
a week
Everyday or
almost everyday
USA
Uganda
S. Korea
Rwanda
Romania
Nepal
Israel
Canada
Chile
Brazil
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
10 year-old
Using a computer
Rarely or
never
Less than once
a week
Once or twice
a week
Everyday or
almost everyday
USA
Uganda
S. Korea
Rwanda
Romania
Nepal
Israel
Canada
Chile
Brazil
Algeria
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90% 100%
12 year-old
Overall life satisfaction (OLS)
Comparison with the average of the total sample
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-1
12 and 10 year-old
Overall Life Satisfaction (OLS)
12 year-old
9.47
9.29
9.16 9.12
10
9.42
8.88
9 8.69 8.68
10 year-old
8.47
8.08
8.7
8.24
8
7.05
7
8.99
7.11
6.59
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Algeria
Brazil
Chile
Israel
Romania S. Korea
Uganda
USA
The current phase - main advantages
• At least 1,000 children was surveyed in each of the three age
group in every country. A total of 45,000 children
• Representative sample of a country or region
• Deep translation (language and cultural) and profound
testing of the questionnaires (focus groups and depth
interviews)
• A combined large international database
• The ability to explore a broad picture of findings that
compare the SWB of children from varied countries around
the globe
• Advanced analysis. e.g.: validating tools and new indicators,
similarities and differences in the children's lives
Want to join?
Want more information?
• Visit the project website: www.isciweb.org
• Contact: Dr. Tamar Dinisman (project
coordinator) tdinisman@gmail.com