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Child well-being outcomes

Find comparative data on children's well-being outcomes in four core outcome areas:

- Material outcomes
- Physical health outcomes
- Cognitive development and education outcomes
- Social, emotional and cultural outcomes

 

Material outcomes

    Age range Years available Data access/download
Food, clothing, and basic necessities      
  Children experiencing food deprivation (MAT_FDEP) 1- to 15-year-olds 2014 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report often feeling hungry when arriving at school (MAT_HNGR) 10-year-olds 2016, 2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children experiencing clothing deprivation (MAT_CDEP) 1- to 15-year-olds 2014 Download (.xlsx)
Housing and housing quality       
  Children experiencing housing overcrowding (MAT_OVCR) 0- to 17-year-olds 2010-2020 Download (.xlsx)
  Children in households without basic sanitation facilities (MAT_SANI) 0- to 17-year-olds 2010-2020 Download (.xlsx)
  Children in households experiencing poor housing conditions (MAT_HCON) 0- to 17-year-olds 2010-2020 Download (.xlsx)
  Children in households experiencing severe housing deprivation (MAT_HDEP) 0- to 17-year-olds 2010-2020 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report high and low satisfaction with the home they live in      
  - Children who report high satisfaction with the home they live in (MAT_SHMEA) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who report low satisfaction with the home they live in (MAT_SHMEB) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
Learning materials and resources       
  Children who report not having books for school work at home (MAT_BKSW) 15-year-olds 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report not having a desk and place to study at home (PISA) (MAT_DPSH) 15-year-olds 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report not having a study desk at home (TIMSS/PIRLS) (MAT_DSKH) 10-year-olds 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report not having the money for school trips (MAT_MSCH) 8-, 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
Social, leisure and recreation materials and resources       
  Children experiencing social activity deprivation (MAT_SDEP) 1- to 15-year-olds 2014 Download (.xlsx)
  Children experiencing leisure activity deprivation (MAT_LDEP) 1- to 15-year-olds 2014 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report not having a computer or tablet at home (MAT_COMP) 15-year-olds 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report not having an internet connection at home (PISA) (MAT_INTP) 15-year-olds 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report not having an internet connection at home (TIMSS/PIRLS) (MAT_INTT) 10-year-olds 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report not having equipment for sports and hobbies (MAT_EQSH) 8-, 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
Overall material well-being       
  Children who report high and low satisfaction with their material belongings      
  - Children who report high satisfaction with their material belongings (MAT_SMATA) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who report low satisfaction with their material belongings (MAT_SMATB) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  Children experiencing child-specific material deprivation (MAT_CSMD) 1- to 15-year-olds 2014 Download (.xlsx)

Physical health outcomes

    Age range Years available Data access/download
Birth outcomes       
  Neonatal preterm births (HTH_PRTB) Birth 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Low-weight birth rates (HTH_LWBR) Birth 1960- Via OECD Health Statistics
  Infant mortality rates (HTH_INFM) 0-year-olds 1960- Via OECD Health Statistics
Physical development and body image      
  Children who are overweight or obese (HTH_OVWT) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who are underweight (HTH_UNWT) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  Children's self-reported body image      
  - Children who report thinking their body is "about right" (HTH_BDIMA) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who report thinking their body is "much too" thin or fat (HTH_BDIMB) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report high and low satisfaction with the way they look      
  - Children who report high satisfaction with the way they look (HTH_SLOKA) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who report low satisfaction with the way they look  (HTH_SLOKB) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
Physical health status      
  Children and young people with communicable, maternal, neonatal, and/or nutritional diseases (CMNN) (HTH_CMNN) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with nutritional deficiencies (HTH_NUTD) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with non-communicable diseases (HTH_NCDI) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people experiencing injuries (HTH_INJR) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with oral disorders (HTH_ORLD) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with sensory impairments      
  - Children and young people with blindness or vision impairment conditions (HTH_BVIS) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children and young people with hearing loss (HTH_HRLS) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children living with limitations in activities due to health problems (HTH_LMAH) 0- to 15-year-olds 2017 Download (.xlsx)
  Children with unmet health care needs      
  - Children with unmet needs for medical attention (HTH_UNMM) 0- to 15-year-olds 2017 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children with unmet needs for dental attention (HTH_UNMD) 0- to 15-year-olds 2017 Download (.xlsx)
Overall health and physical well-being      
  Children's self-rated health      
  - Children who rate their own health as "excellent" (HTH_SRHLA) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who rate their own health as "fair" or "poor" (HTH_SRHLB) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report high and low satisfaction with their health      
  - Children reporting high satisfaction with their health (HTH_SHTHA) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children reporting low satisfaction with their health (HTH_SHTHB) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)

Cognitive development and education outcomes

    Age range Years available Data access/download
Cognitive skills and abilities       
  Children who are top performers and low achievers on the OECD PISA assessments      
  - Children who are top performers in at least one of the three core PISA subjects  (CDE_PITO) 15-year-olds 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who are top performers in all three core PISA subjects (CDE_PITA) 15-year-olds 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who are low achievers in at least one of the three core PISA subjects (CDE_PILO) 15-year-olds 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who are low achievers in all three core PISA subjects (CDE_PILA) 15-year-olds 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who are top performers and low achievers on the PIRLS reading assessment      
  - Children who are top performers on the PIRLS reading assessment (CDE_PRTA) 10-year-olds 2011, 2016 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who are low achievers on the PIRLS reading assessment (CDE_PRLA) 10-year-olds 2011, 2016 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who are top performers and low achievers on the TIMSS mathematics and science assessments      
  - Children who are top performers in at least one of the two TIMSS assessment subjects  (CDE_TMTO) 10-year-olds 2015, 2019 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who are top performers in both of the two TIMSS assessment subjects  (CDE_TMTA) 10-year-olds 2015, 2019 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who are low achievers in at least one of the two TIMSS assessment subjects  (CDE_TMLO) 10-year-olds 2015, 2019 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who are low achievers in both of the two TIMSS assessment subjects  (CDE_TMLA) 10-year-olds 2015, 2019 Download (.xlsx)
Learning skills and metacognition       
  Children with high and low relative knowledge of strategies for understanding and remembering      
  - Children with high relative knowledge of strategies for understanding and remembering (CDE_UNREA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children with low relative knowledge of strategies for understanding and remembering (CDE_UNREB) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children with high and low relative knowledge of strategies for summarising      
  - Children with high relative knowledge of strategies for summarising (CDE_SUMMA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children with low relative knowledge of strategies for summarising (CDE_SUMMB) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children with high and low relative knowledge of strategies for assessing credibility      
  - Children with high relative knowledge of strategies for assessing credibility (CDE_ASCRA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children with low relative knowledge of strategies for assessing credibility (CDE_ASCRB) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
Education progression and attainment       
  Children who report having ever repeated a school grade (CDE_REPS) 15-year-olds 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) (CDE_NEET) 15- to 29-year-olds 1997- Via the OECD Education Database
Satisfaction with and confidence in abilities       
  Children who report high and low satisfaction with their learning      
  - Children who report high satisfaction with the things they have learned in school (CDE_SLERA) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who report low satisfaction with the things they have learned in school (CDE_SLERB) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report high and low satisfaction with their life as a student      
  - Children who report high satisfaction with their life as a student (CDE_SSTUA) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who report low satisfaction with their life as a student (CDE_SSTUB) 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who express high and low relative self-perceived competence in reading      
  - Children who express high relative self-perceived comptence in reading (CDE_CMPRA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who express low relative self-perceived comptence in reading (CDE_CMPRB) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who are and are not confident in reading      
  - Children who are very confident in reading (CDE_CONRA) 10-year-olds 2016 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who are not confident in reading (CDE_CONRB) 10-year-olds 2016 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who are and are not confident in mathematics      
  - Children who are very confident in mathematics (CDE_CONMA) 10-year-olds 2019 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who are not confident in mathematics (CDE_CONMB) 10-year-olds 2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who are and are not confident in science      
  - Children who are very confident in science (CDE_CONSA) 10-year-olds 2019 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who are not confident in science (CDE_CONSB) 10-year-olds 2019 Download (.xlsx)

 

Social, emotional and cultural outcomes

    Age range Years available Data access/download
Safety, emotional security, and basic emotional needs       
  Children who report feeling safe at home (SEC_FSAFA) 8-, 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report feeling cared for by their family (SEC_FCREA) 8-, 10- and 12-year-olds 2016/19 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report feeling supported by their family      
  - Children who report feeling high overall support from their family (SEC_FSUPA) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who report feeling low overall support from their family (SEC_FSUPB) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
Socio-emotional skills      
  Children who express self-efficacy and resilience      
  - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that they can usually find a way out of difficult situations (SEC_RESFA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that their self-belief helps them through hard times (SEC_RESBA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who express fear of failure      
  - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that when they fail, they worry what others will think of them  (SEC_FOFWA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that when they fail, they worry they do not have enough talent (SEC_FOFAA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who express motivation to master tasks      
  - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that they find hard work satisfying (SEC_MVMSA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that they enjoy improving on past performance (SEC_MVMEA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who express a growth mindset (SEC_GRMI) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
Mental health status and disorders       
  Children who report multiple subjective health complaints (SEC_MSHC) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with mental disorders (SEC_DMEN) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with depressive disorders (SEC_DDEP) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with anxiety disorders (SEC_DANX) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with conduct disorder (SEC_DCON) 5- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (SEC_DADH) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with developmental intellectual disabilities (ID) (SEC_DIID) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) (SEC_DASD) 0- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people with eating disorders (SEC_DETG) 10- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Children and young people engaging in self-harm (SEC_DSFH) 10- to 19-year-olds 1990-2019 Download (.xlsx)
  Child and young person deaths from intentional self-harm (SEC_MSFH) 10- to 19-year-olds 2000-2019 Download (.xlsx)
Affects       
  Children who report regularly feeling low (SEC_FLOW) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report regularly feeling irritable (SEC_FIRR) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report regularly feeling nervous (SEC_FNER) 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds 2013/14, 2017/18 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report feeling happy      
  - Children who report always feeling happy (SEC_FHAPA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who report rarely or never feeling happy (SEC_FHAPB) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who report feeling sad      
  - Children who report always feeling sad (SEC_FSADA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who report rarely or never feeling sad (SEC_FSADB) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
Overall life satisfaction and sense of meaning in life       
  Children who report high and low satisfaction with their life as a whole      
  - Children who report high satisfaction with their life as a whole (SEC_PLFSA) 15-year-olds 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who report low satisfaction with their life as a whole (SEC_PLFSB) 15-year-olds 2015, 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  Children who express a sense of meaning in life      
  - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that their life has clear meaning or purpose (SEC_MCMPA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)
  - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that they have a clear sense of what gives meaning to their life (SEC_MSMLA) 15-year-olds 2018 Download (.xlsx)