from PAHO:

Index of Child Well-Being (CWI)

A composite index of trends

 The Foundation for Child Development

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 51; March 2004

 Available online as PDF file at:
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20040324index.pdf

.The Child Well-Being Index (CWI) is an evidence-based composite measure of
trends over time in the quality of life or well-being of America's children
and young people. It comprises several interrelated summary domains of
annual time series of numerous social indicators of well-being. Appendix A
briefly describes the Methods of Index Construction and

has a table detailing both the seven domains of the Child Well-Being Index
CWI as well as the 28 Key Indicators that comprise them. Briefly, the seven
domains include: Material Well-Being, Health, Safety/Behavioral, Productive
Activity, Place in Community, Social Relationships, and Emotional/Spiritual
Well-Being

 Related links:

 http://www.brookings.edu/comm/events/20040324.htm

The Brookings Institution, in cooperation with the Foundation for Child
Development and Duke University, released on March 24, 2004 a new index on
the well-being of American children. Based on nearly thirty years of data
from national surveys of seven "domains" of child well-being52;defined by
factors including mortality, poverty, and suicide rates; drug use;
educational test scores; health insurance coverage; and crimes committed by
children52;the index contains valuable information on how children are
faring now and how their status has changed in recent years

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