The Child and Youth Well-being Index
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About
The Child and Youth Well-Being Index (CWI) is a US, nationwide, research-based composite measure updated annually. It describes since its first public release in 2004 how young people in the United States have fared since 1975. The CWI was constructed and is overseen by Kenneth Land, a social demographer at Duke University. The index was requested by and its update will be financed up to 2017 by the Foundation for Child Development.
The CWI measures of trends in the quality of life of children and youth. It combines national data from 28 indicators across seven domains into a single number that reflects overall child well-being. The seven quality-of-life domains are Family Economic Well-Being, Health, Safe/Risky Behavior, Educational Attainment, Community Engagement, Social Relationships, and Emotional/Spiritual Well-Being (Graphical representation). It takes a empirical research-based approach that includes studies of subjective well-being. This contrasts with a rights-based approach[1].
