Child Indicators Research will provide a unique, applied perspective, by presenting a variety of analytical models, different perspectives, and a range of social policy regimes. The Journal will break through the current ‘isolation’ of academicians, researchers and practitioners and serve as a ‘natural habitat’ for anyone interested in child indicators. Unique and exclusive, the journal will be a source of high quality, policy impact and rigorous scientific papers.
Readership: academicians, researchers, government officials, data collectors, providers of funding, practitioners, and journalists who have an interest in children’s well-being issues.
Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to:
- Theory and conceptual framework of child indicators
- Measurement, data and methods issues
- Dissemination of child indicators
- Advocacy using child indicators
- Policy development using child indicators
- Child indicators with cultural variations
- Children's participation in development and implementation of indicators
- Child indicators across borders
- Information technology and child indicators
The Journal will welcome contributions from a wide variety of disciplines, including:
- Economic well being
- Education
- Psychological well being
- Social behavior
- Physical health and Safety
- Child welfare and Vulnerable children
- Civic life skills
- Time use and activities
- Religion
- Environmental issues