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Benefits of Multidimensional Measures of Child Well Being in China
In recent decades, measures of child well-being have evolved from single dimension to multidimensional measures. Multi-dimensional measures deepen and broaden our understanding of child well-being and inform us of areas of neglect. Child well-being in China today is measured through proxy measures o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707988/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29113121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14111349 |
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author | Gatenio Gabel, Shirley Zhang, Yiwei |
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description | In recent decades, measures of child well-being have evolved from single dimension to multidimensional measures. Multi-dimensional measures deepen and broaden our understanding of child well-being and inform us of areas of neglect. Child well-being in China today is measured through proxy measures of household need. This paper discusses the evolution of child well-being measures more generally, explores the benefits of positive indicators and multiple dimensions in formulating policy, and then reviews efforts to date by the Chinese government, researchers, and non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations to develop comprehensive multidimensional measures of child well-being in China. The domains and their potential interactions, as well as data sources and availability, are presented. The authors believe that child well-being in China would benefit from the development of a multidimensional index and that there is sufficient data to develop such an index. |
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spelling | pubmed-57079882017-12-05 Benefits of Multidimensional Measures of Child Well Being in China Gatenio Gabel, Shirley Zhang, Yiwei Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In recent decades, measures of child well-being have evolved from single dimension to multidimensional measures. Multi-dimensional measures deepen and broaden our understanding of child well-being and inform us of areas of neglect. Child well-being in China today is measured through proxy measures of household need. This paper discusses the evolution of child well-being measures more generally, explores the benefits of positive indicators and multiple dimensions in formulating policy, and then reviews efforts to date by the Chinese government, researchers, and non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations to develop comprehensive multidimensional measures of child well-being in China. The domains and their potential interactions, as well as data sources and availability, are presented. The authors believe that child well-being in China would benefit from the development of a multidimensional index and that there is sufficient data to develop such an index. MDPI 2017-11-06 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5707988/ /pubmed/29113121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14111349 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gatenio Gabel, Shirley Zhang, Yiwei Benefits of Multidimensional Measures of Child Well Being in China |
title | Benefits of Multidimensional Measures of Child Well Being in China |
title_full | Benefits of Multidimensional Measures of Child Well Being in China |
title_fullStr | Benefits of Multidimensional Measures of Child Well Being in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Benefits of Multidimensional Measures of Child Well Being in China |
title_short | Benefits of Multidimensional Measures of Child Well Being in China |
title_sort | benefits of multidimensional measures of child well being in china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707988/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29113121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14111349 |
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