Supported by the Jacobs Foundation, the project is a world-wide research survey on children’s subjective well-being. The study aims to collect solid and representative data on children’s lives and daily activities, their time use and in particular on their own perceptions and evaluations of their well-being. By studying children’s worlds in as many countries as possible, it hopes to raise awareness of children’s well-being and their life situations and to influence government policies and services.
The survey uses a self-administered questionnaire for children aged 8-12, which has been piloted in the past three years in 17 countries. This new phase of data collection will be held with a representative sample of 15 countries and regions around the world: Algeria, Colombia, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Germany, Israel, Korea, Nepal, Norway, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey. In each country at least 3,000 children will be participating. Data collection will take place in the fall - winter of 2013. All data will eventually be made freely available to researchers on the web.
For more information on the project please contact Tamar Dinisman at tdinisman(at)gmail.com.