Description
The happiness and well-being research has mainly focussed on adults but child perspectives are increasingly being considered. This project uses data collected from children aged 10-15 in Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), to examine whether children’s well-being is affected by the socio-economic situation in their family. To do so, children’s accounts are linked with information collected from other members of their family – most notably family income and, through repeat observation, family income dynamics. The longitudinal analysis controls inasmuch as possible for other factors that have been suggested to affect child well-being and changes therein.
Team member
Dr Gundi Knies, Research Fellow, ISER University of Essex
Outputs:
Presentation: “Life satisfaction and material wellbeing of children”