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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Land, Kenneth C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research, 6
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Maternal and child health services.; Medical research.; Quality of life.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Child and School Psychology.; Maternal and Child Health.

This volume attests to the evolution of the Child Well-Being Index and asks what it promises for understanding the progress - or lack of progress - in enhancing the life prospects of all American children.   Recent research on the general problem of conceptualizing and measuring the well-being of ch...