The Children Left Behind: A League Table of Inequality in Child Well-Being in the World's Rich Countries. Innocenti Report Card 9

Autor/in	Adamson, Peter
Institution	United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (Italy), Innocenti Research Centre
Titel	The Children Left Behind: A League Table of Inequality in Child Well-Being in the World's Rich Countries. Innocenti Report Card 9
Quelle	(2010), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	1605-7317
ISBN	978-88-89129-99-9
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Foreign Countries; Well Being; Developed Nations; Equal Education; Child Health; Poverty; Family Influence; Family Income; Family Environment; Educational Resources; Housing; Mathematics Achievement; Science Achievement; Reading Achievement; Eating Habits; Physical Activity Level; Access to Education; Access to Health Care; Nutrition; Social Justice; Social Influences; Costs; Early Intervention; Child Care; Europe; North America; Asia; South America; Australia; New Zealand; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Armut; Familieneinkommen; Familienmilieu; Bildungsmittel; Unterkunft; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ernährung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Sozialer Einfluss; Cost; Kosten; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Europa; Nordamerika; Asien; Südamerika; Australien; Neuseeland
Abstract	Whether in health, in education, or in material well-being, some children will always fall behind the average. The critical question is -- how far behind? Is there a point beyond which falling behind is not inevitable but policy susceptible, not unavoidable but unacceptable, not inequality but inequity? There are no widely agreed theoretical answers to these questions. Report Card 9 seeks to stimulate debate on the issue by introducing a common measure of 'bottom-end inequality'. This permits each country's performance to be assessed according to the standard of what the best-performing countries have been able to achieve. Such a standard may not represent the best that may be aspired to in theory, but in practice it suggests a level below which 'falling behind' is manifestly not inevitable. This Report Card presents a first overview of inequalities in child well-being for 24 of the world's richest countries. Three dimensions of inequality are examined: material well-being, education, and health. In each case and for each country, the question asked is "how far behind are children being allowed to fall?" [Support for this report was provided by Andorran, Australian, Belgian, German, Swiss and United Kingdom National Committees for UNICEF.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01