The Well-Being of America's Children: Developing and Improving the Child and Youth Well-Being Index - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

Forward by Ruby Takanishi, President, Foundation for Child Development.-

Acknowledgments.-

About the Authors.-

1. Introduction - Kenneth C. Land.-

2. Conceptual and Methodological Foundations of the Child and Youth Well-Being Index - Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb, and Sarah Meadows.-

3. The CWI and Its Components: Empirical Studies and Findings - Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb, Sarah Meadows, Hui Zheng, and Qiang Fu.-

4. Measuring Social Disparities via the CWI: Race-Ethnicity, Income, and Immigrant Status - Donald Hernandez, Suzanne Macartney, and Wendy Cervantes.-

5. Research on the Subjective Well-Being of Children and Youth and Its Implications for the CWI - E. Scott Huebner, Susan Antaramian, and Ashley D. Lewis.-

6. Issues in Composite Index Construction - Michael Hagerty and Kenneth C. Land.-

7. Scalability of the CWI: State-Level Indicators and Composite Indices - Vicki L. Lamb and William P. O'Hare.-

8. Scalability of the CWI: Sub-State Regional Indicators and Composite Indices - Qiang Fu, Vicki L. Lamb, and Kenneth C. Land.-

9. Intergenerational and Cross-National Comparisons of Child and Youth Well-Being - Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb, and Hui Zheng.-

10. Policy Connections and Practical Implications of the CWI - Megan A. Curran, Shadi Houshyar, and Bruce Lesley.-

11. Conclusions and Future Directions - Kenneth C. Land

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