Transcript THE STATE OF CHILDREN & YOUTH

From Research:
Measuring what
matters
To Impact:
Making measures
matter
The Atkinson Charitable
Foundation convened a
group of index experts to
answer question: “What
would it take to create a
tool that truly measured
Canadian wellbeing?”
2000-2004
October
1999
Since 2005, the CIW
has been supported
by a Funders’
Alliance; three
rounds of crossCanada
consultations as
index developed
2005-2008
CPRN1 conducted nationwide
consultation on quality of life
resulting in prototype of quality of
life national indicators;
establishment of a network of
individuals (CRAG) committed to
develop the CIW
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Canadian Policy Research Network
CIW moved to
permanent
home at
University of
Waterloo
June 2009April 2011
October
2011
January
2011
Eight domain
reports released
in stages
CIW
composite
index
refreshed
October
2012
First CIW
composite index
released
Building relationships with Canadian
and international organisations
to conduct rigorous research related to and
regularly and publicly report on the quality of life
of Canadians
to encourage policy shapers and government
leaders to make decisions based on solid evidence
to empower Canadians to advocate for change
that responds to their needs and values
Definition of wellbeing adopted by the CIW
The presence of the highest possible quality of life
in its full breadth of expression, focused on but not
necessarily exclusive to: good living standards,
robust health, a sustainable environment, vital
communities, an educated populace, balanced
time use, high levels of democratic engagement,
and access to and participation in leisure and
culture.
What is the CIW Framework?
Community Vitality
Time Use
Living
Standards
Democratic
Engagement
Canadian
Index of
Wellbeing
Education
Environment
Leisure and
Culture
Healthy Populations
8 Domains
8 Indicators
in each domain
CIW Composite Index
64 indicators consolidated into
a single CIW average
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The ultimate bell weather marker of any society is
the status of its most vulnerable people, including
children.
Trends from the Canadian Index of Wellbeing
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Time Use
Education
Healthy Populations
Community Vitality
Democratic Engagement
Environment
Leisure and Culture
Living Standards
Indicators
 Self rated health
 Health-adjusted life expectancy
 Diabetes
 Depression
 Life Expectancy at Birth
 Infant Mortality
 Smoking
 Patient Satisfaction with Health Services
 Population with a regular family doctor
 Influenza immunization among Age 65+
Indicators (age specific)
Children & Adolescents
 exceeding recommended screen time
 participating in organized activities
 parent pre-schooler reading activities
 adolescents eating meals with parents at home
Working Adults
 working non standard hours i.e. shift work
 working longer hours
 reporting higher levels of stress
 providing unpaid care to seniors
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Children & adolescents who participated at least
weekly in organized extracurricular activity was
relatively stable from 1996-2007.
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Adolescents who exceeded the maximum
recommended 2 hours a day of TV and video games
rose from 27.2% in 2003 to 31.7% in 2007/2008. When
all screen time (TV, computer use, video games) was
included, this jumped from 54.5% to 63.7% with about
70% boys and 57% of girls.
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On a typical day in 1992, 63.7% of teenagers aged 1517 had a meal with their parents. This dropped to
50.5% in 1998 and 34.8% in 2005.
Indicators
 Early childhood education and care
 Transition to school: developmental health in
kindergarten
 Student to teacher ratio in public schools
 Social and emotional competencies in middle
childhood
 Basic educational knowledge and skills of youth
 Equality in education: the socio economic
gradient
 High school completion
 Post secondary education
The percentage of children aged 0-5 with a childcare
space rose steadily from 1995 to 2008.
 High school completion rates (reported by 20-24
year olds) have gone up from 1994 to 2007.
 Percentage of 20 to 24 years old that reported
attending university during a given year has gone up
from 20% in 1994 to 25% in 2008.
 Children in kindergarten who did well on
developmental health scores in the National
Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth.
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Social and emotional competency scores
among children 12-13 declined from 3.25 in
1996 to 3.13 in 2006.
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Canadian Basic Education scores were
above the international average on an
index of tests taken between 1995 and
2006. But scores progressively declined
from a high of 533 in 1999 to 522 in 2006.
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Public Health Ontario (PHO) completed a
review in April 2013, which may be useful to
determine which local indicators are available
to public health for children and youth:
“Measuring the Health of Infants, Children and
Youth for Public Health in Ontario: Indicators,
Gaps and Recommendations for Moving
Forward”
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Potentially work together with the Coalition
on a child and youth report that uses one,
some, or all of the domains of the CIW as a
template.