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Anita Tiessen, Deputy Executive Director
Child Well-being: How are children in the UK faring?
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RANKINGS GOVERNMENT
POLICY
IMPACT
AUSTERITY
Overview
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THE UK IS FALLING BEHIND
GLOBAL RIVALS IN
INTERNATIONAL TESTS
TAKEN BY 15-YEAR-OLDS,
FAILING TO MAKE THE TOP
20 IN MATHS, READING AND
SCIENCE.
MICHAEL GOVE SAID SINCE
THE 1990S, TEST
PERFORMANCES HAD BEEN
"AT BEST STAGNANT, AT
WORST DECLINING".
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OR
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CHILD
POVERTY
Child rights and well-being
More than lack of money
Denial of children’s rights (UNGA 2007)
Children’s experiences of poverty
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Child rights and well-being
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – global
standard
Economic, social and cultural rights progressive
Right to an adequate standard of living (Art. 27)
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Child rights and well-being
Well-being multi-dimensional
Relative achievement
Political priorities
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Child Well-being in Rich Countries 2007
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material well-being
health and safety
educational well-being
family and peer relationships
behaviour and risks
subjective well-being
Child Well-being in Rich Countries 2007
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UK SCORES
Material well-being: 18
Health and Safety: 12
Educational well-being: 17
Family and peer relationships: 21
Behaviours and risks: 21
Subjective well-being: 20
Average ranking position for all 6
dimensions: 18.2
Child Well-being in Rich Countries 2007
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lowest ranking for peers being kind and helpful
poor scores on risky behaviours
low ranking on child poverty
Child Well-being in Rich Countries 2007
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Child Well-being in the UK, Spain and
Sweden
Child Well-being in the UK, Spain and Sweden
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Section 2
Section 3
Section 11
2
3
Stable family, activities, time1
Technology, brands
UK families under pressure
Child Well-being in the UK, Spain and Sweden
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Section 2
Section 3
Section 11
2
3
2
Child Well-being in the UK, Spain and Sweden
Materialism cause and effect of
negative well-being
Higher inequality linked to worse
well-being
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Section 2
Section 3
Section 11
2
3 3
Child Well-being in the UK, Spain and Sweden
“Children in all 3 countries have the
same needs, wants and concerns yet
the response by each society is
different. Children are more likely to
thrive where the social context makes
it possible for them to have time with
family and friends, to get out and
about without having to spend money,
and to feel secure about who they are
rather than what they own”
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Child Well-being in Rich Countries 2013
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UK SCORES
Material well-being: 14
Health and Safety: 16
Educational well-being: 24
Behaviours and risks: 15
Housing and environment: 10
Average ranking position for all 5
dimensions: 15.8
Child Well-being in Rich Countries 2013
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Child Well-being in Rich Countries 2013
10 year record
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lowest rates of further education
one of the highest rates of NEETs
teenage pregnancy
alcohol use
life satisfaction
child poverty
smoking and cannabis
child deprivation
Child Well-being in Rich Countries 2013
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Government policy and child well-being
Child well-being is policy susceptible
RC11 reflects long term investments in children
Rankings relatively stable
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Poverty and income transfers
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Government policy and child well-being
RC 11 Launch
Dr David Gordon
Professor of Social Justice
University of Bristol
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Child Multiple Deprivation Rates: by 2009 the UK was in the top group of countries –
the child poverty eradication policies were producing good results.
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The UK also fares badly in terms of the proportion of teenagers not in education,
employment or training
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The UK ranks bottom for participation in Further Education – a lack of significant policy effort
produces bad results.
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Impact of
Austerity
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Poverty projections Poverty projections
Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates of future trends in child and
working age poverty (UK)*
Child poverty rate %
Relative
2010 (actual) 17.5
2016 21.6
2020 23.5
Absolute
2010 (actual) 17.5
2016 24.0
2020 27.2
*IFS, 2013
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From Save the Children’s report, ‘A Fair Start For Every Child’, 2014.
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Income and Outcomes
income affects variety of child outcomes
cutting welfare/protecting education ‘self-defeating’ *
* JRF/LSE 2013
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Poverty projections Homelessness
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Homeless
Homeless with children
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Poverty projections Happiness 11-15
Unweighted: BHPS 1994/95 – 2008/09; and USS 2009/10 – 2011/12 (5th Ed. Data released)
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Impact Assessment
Tax, benefit and tax credit system changes
Families with children losing more income
Most vulnerable losing proportionally the most
Children’s Commissioner for England
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Child well-being and austerity – 2008-2012
Report Card 12
Autumn 2014
data to 2011/12
review of policy responses
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Child well-being and austerity – 2008-2012
Source: Jonathan Bradshaw and Gill Main – Paper for FISS 2014
Child (<18) poverty rate. Threshold fixed at 2008 <60% median (ranked by %
increase 2008-2012)
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Severe Deprivation
Source: Jonathan Bradshaw and Gill Main – Paper for FISS 2014
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Child well-being and austerity – 2008-2012
economic crisis leading to clear deterioration in
child well-being
increases in child poverty, NEETs, other indicators
worst in countries most affected by crisis e.g.
Greece and Spain
the bottom half increasingly left behind
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“Childhood is a period of special susceptibility
and delicate development of mind and body,
but also a time when disadvantage can build
on disadvantage. Protecting the years of
childhood is essential for the well-being of
children today and the well-being of the
societies of tomorrow”
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Anita Tiessen, Deputy Executive Director
Thank You
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An overview of child well-being in rich countries Report Card 7:http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/rc7_eng.pdf
Child Well-being in the UK, Spain and Sweden:http://www.unicef.org.uk/Documents/Publications/IPSOS_UNICEF_ChildWe
llBeingreport.pdf
Child well being in rich countries Report Card 11http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/rc11_eng.pdf
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