Abstract
This paper tackles three questions that arose at the first
seminar of the Chair “Childhood, well-being, parenting” in
Rennes. All concern research on the subjective well-being
of children. First, it was suggested that research on child
subjective well-being was a smokescreen, distracting
attention from much more important issues in children’s
lives. Second, it was questioned whether the comparisons
that we make of children’s subjective well-being between
countries and over time are valid and reliable. Third, it
was asked whether there was any policy relevance to
research on child subjective well-being.
seminar of the Chair “Childhood, well-being, parenting” in
Rennes. All concern research on the subjective well-being
of children. First, it was suggested that research on child
subjective well-being was a smokescreen, distracting
attention from much more important issues in children’s
lives. Second, it was questioned whether the comparisons
that we make of children’s subjective well-being between
countries and over time are valid and reliable. Third, it
was asked whether there was any policy relevance to
research on child subjective well-being.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 221-231 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal Revue des Politiques Sociales et Familiales. |
| Volume | 131-132 |
| Issue number | 3/4 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2019 |