An update of the Child Well-being Module 8 th of December, 2009 Network on Early Childhood Education and Care Dominic Richardson, SPD / DELSA

In SPD we already collect… Family Database – the structure of families and indicators on family formation – the labour market situation of families – public policies to support families and children – child outcomes Tax and benefit models – Costs of childcare to families Social expenditure

Doing Better for Children Under 3’s policy review – Prenatal / birth / postnatal Social spending by age – Includes child care spending and spending on policies before school-age Dimensions of child well-being – Material situation and housing – Health and risk behaviours – Education and quality of school life

Statistical coverage

Child well-being module As part of the Family database Three comparative sections – Child policies (spending and structures) – Contextual indicators (family and community) – Child well-being outcome indicators Country specific sections – Governance issues, policy changes, yet incomparable information – National specific data collections

The proposed joint structure Hosting data in a single database will mean the same standards / methods are applied, and possible analyses are extended

Plans for the CWBM Not a one-off project Stage specific information Both theory / empirics driven – Explanatory notes will be provided – Gaps to be identified All data will be quality tested – Meta data – Validation testing / systematic bias – Guidance for appropriate use

The CWBM will use a matrix structure for comparable information

Plans for the CWBM Not a one-off project Stage specific information Both theory / empirics driven – Explanatory notes will be provided – Gaps to be identified All data will be quality tested – Meta data – Validation testing / systematic bias – Guidance for appropriate use

Outputs from the CWBM… ST: Online reporting by indicator Feed into upcoming work (DBFF) – Make better use of the qualitative info and country specific info MT: Working papers or short reports – By child age / by country / by topic LT: Provide a foundation for regular reporting on CWB in OECD countries

Incorporating the ECEC network information Mainly in early childhood inputs and contexts – Information on staffing levels / provision by child or family attributes In country specific sections – ECEC Governance information – Recent ECEC policy developments – Unique national data collections and evaluations

Relevant future work Doing Better for Families – Extend and refine the social expenditure analysis – Look at evidence for the well-being aspects for children from ECEC – Review schooling systems and interaction with out-of-school care Child survey review – to recommend best practice – Identify gaps in the data / in child coverage

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