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Date: 10 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400
Subject: NEW UNICEF REPORT RANKS CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING IN 29 OF
WORLD'S RICHEST COUNTRIES
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NEW UNICEF REPORT RANKS CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING IN 29 OF WORLD'S RICHEST COUNTRIES
New York, Apr 10 2013 1:00PM
The Netherlands, along with four Nordic countries – Finland, Iceland,
Norway and Sweden – top a United Nations list
<"http://www.unicef.org/media/media_68639.html">released today, which
ranks children's well-being in 29 industrialized countries, while
Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain are at the bottom.
The rankings are part of a UN Children's Fund study entitled
'<"http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/rc11_eng.pdf">Report
Card 11: Child well-being in rich countries,' which charts the
achievements of the world's most advanced economies from 2000-2010.
The study found that child poverty in these countries is particularly
susceptible to governments' policies, and warns against measures that
cut services and protection to children, as they are a highly
vulnerable part of the population.
"Whether in today's time of economic crisis, or in better financial
periods, UNICEF urges governments and social partners to place
children and young people at the heart of their decision-making
processes," said the Director of UNICEF's Office of Research, Gordon
Alexander.
"For every new policy measure considered or introduced, governments
explicitly have to explore the impact and effects on children,
families with children, adolescents and young adults. These groups do
not have a voice in the political processes or their voices are too
seldom heard."
The study measures development according to five dimensions of
children's lives: material well-being, health and safety, education,
behaviour and risks, and housing and environment.
The dimension of behaviours and risks is one of the more difficult to
pin down. For example, factors that were evaluated include the
percentage of children who are overweight or the percentage who report
eating breakfast every day.
In addition, indicators like teenage fertility rate, alcohol abuse
rate and exposure to violence were used to measure child well-being.
For example, only Canada, Greece and the United States have childhood
obesity levels higher than 20 per cent. Meanwhile, Romania, the
United Kingdom and the United States have the highest rates of teenage
births.
On the positive side, the overall figures for these countries show
that 92% do not smoke cigarettes, while 85% do not get drunk.
These dimensions are not entirely dependent on a country's wealth, as
the study did not find a strong relationship between income per capita
and overall child well-being. For instance, Slovenia ranks higher than
Canada, the Czech Republic higher than Austria, and Portugal higher
than the United States.
The measurement of child wellbeing, however, is a relatively new area
of study and the overview presented here remains a work in progress.
Chief among its limitations is the fact that internationally
comparable data on children's lives are not sufficiently timely.
UNICEF stated that the current findings show progress, but warned that
the study was carried out before many countries implemented austerity
measures and budget cuts because of the economic crisis.
Report Card 11 also includes the views of the children themselves on
their own life satisfaction. These findings are broadly in line with
the data-based measurement of child well-being, with some notable
exceptions: children in Estonia, Greece and Spain gave their countries
a much higher ranking, while Germany, Luxembourg and Poland ranked
lower.
UNICEF says that it is important to hear what matters to children, and
to do this in a more systematic way. "Children's voices even at a very
young age are vital," said Mr. Alexander. According to him,
"Governments need to guide policies in a way that will safeguard the
long-term futures of their children and economies. This has never been
more urgent than in today's climate."
Apr 10 2013 1:00PM
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