The Well-being of children in the UK / edited by Jonathan Bradshaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradshaw, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Health and hygiene--Great Britain.

Children.

Children--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Children--Health and hygiene--Great Britain--Statistics.

Children--Great Britain--Social conditions--Statistics.

Social conditions.

Children--Health and hygiene.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

xvii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2011.

Summary:

For researchers, policy makers, and students, Bradshaw (social policy, U. of York, UK) compiles 13 essays examining the Labour government's policies on the well-being of children in the UK. Scholars in health sciences, social policy and social work, and housing policy from the U. of York first review the demography of childhood: trends in fertility, the number and distribution of children, family formation and dissolution, and family size, structure, and ethnicity. They then discuss the different domains of child well-being: poverty and deprivation, physical health, subjective well-being and mental health, education, housing and the environment, time and space, children and young people in and leaving care, maltreatment, early years, and crime and illegal drug use. They consider key trends and whether things are getting better or worse; comparisons to other countries and within the UK; and how outcomes vary by age, gender, class, ethnicity, family structure, and level of poverty. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847428370

1847428371

1847428363

9781847428363

OCLC:

687706486