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Child Well-Being

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Based on the literature, recent shifts of child well-being indicators and the most important trends on child well-being measurements are highlighted. A comparison of domains and indicators of current evidence-based national composite child well-being indices and child well-being indices from children’s point of view is shown. Against this background, the purpose of the own study is delineated.

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Exenberger, S., Juen, B. (2014). Child Well-Being. In: Well-Being, Resilience and Quality of Life from Children’s Perspectives. SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7519-0_3

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