Children and young people in Denmark
A national study on child wellbeing

 

Children and Young People in Denmark is a new study on child wellbeing, started in 2009 and being carried out by SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research. The study is being funded by the Bikuben Foundation. Data from the first phase was collected in 2009 and the first report from the study will be published in 2010.

Provide a geographic and social break-down of child wellbeing in Denmark

Provide knowledge for social work by identifying which categories of children are particularly vulnerable

Provide benchmarks for child policy by monitoring changes over time

Questionnaires for the older age groups are in general more extensive than those for the younger children. Some of the children in the sample are too young to participate as respondents themselves. Childrens’ mothers have completed the questionnaires for the age groups of 3 and 7 year-olds. The study has utilised internet-based questionnaires for self-completion and telephone interviews. Participants in the 11, 15 and 19 year-old age groups have responded themselves. 11 year-olds have taken part in face-to-face interviews, while the teenagers have completed an internet-based questionnaire or have been interviewed by telephone.

Questions cover 8 domains:

• Material wellbeing
• Housing and local area
• Health and safety
• Educational wellbeing
• Family and peer relationships
• Behaviour and lifestyle
• Social participation and citizenship
• Subjective wellbeing