Child well-being in the EU

KÖZIGAZGATÁSI ÉS IGAZSÁGÜGYI MINISZTÉRIUM TÁRSADALMI FELZÁRKÓZÁSÉRT FELELŐS ÁLLAMTITKÁRSÁG Child well-being in the EU Testing a potential indicator portfolio for regular monitoring Expert meeting - Budapest, 28 April 2011 András Gábos – István György Tóth

About the report • Commissioned by the Social Inclusion Department of the HungarianMinistry of Public Administration and Justice • Aim: • to assist the Ch WB indicator development process • to test a potential indicator portfolio for regular monitoring • Time frame: 1 December 2010 – 31 May 2011 • In terms of indicator development, the report is a direct follow-up of the EU Task-Force report (2008) and of TÁRKI/Applica report (2010)

Conclusions of the TÁRKI/Applica report (2010) • There is a need for a comprehensive set of indicators to monitor ChP and WB, instead of filling in the reserved slot for child well-being with only one or two well-being indicators • A first version of the portfolio was suggested • The new set should: • reflect most of the child well-being dimensions • incorporate already agreed Social OMC indicators at the largest extent • include a few new material well-being indicators • include a whole range of non-material indicators • include new breakdowns for the already existing indicators

Value added of this report • Refines the first version of the portfolio • reflects on the ongoing indicators development within the EU • strengthens equity aspects : how outcomes are spread across social groups • puts emphasis on trends • upgrades existing indicators by improving the selection process for non-material dimensions • External expertise has been provided • Data update for 2008/2009 • New report on the situation of children in the EU • in a cross-country comparative frame • at individual counry level: policy marker report cards

An overview of the situation of children in the EU and in individual MSs COUNTRIES Country level analysis Cross-country analysis INDICATOR PORTFOLIO

1 An integrated child well-being indicator portfolio 2 The situation of children in the EU - cross-country comparative analysis 3 Mapping individual countries - policy marker report card prototype

1 An integrated child well-being indicator portfolio

Main aspects of portfolio-building • To have a balanced portfolio of indicators across dimensions and across main phases of childhood • To keep the structure of the portfolio as simple as possible • To strenghten coherence • To rely as much as possible on the already agreed Social OMC indicators and EU2020 indicators • To distinguish between resource based measures and forward-looking indicators of child outcomes • To reflect the policy need of breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty

An integrated child well-being indicator portfolio - main indicators

An integrated child well-being indicator portfolio - breakdowns

What has been done and what still needs to be done regarding the indicator development

3 Mapping individual countries - policy marker report card prototype

1. Overall country picture based on main indicators Relative perf. to the EU-27 Figures for children Figures for overall pop. Trends EU-27 average figures Unweighted EU-average

2. Suggested breakdowns to complete main indicators A. Material well-being B. Non-material well-being Unreliable estimate (N<20)

3. Country’s rel. performance Main indicators EU-27 max EU-27 min Lead indicators HIGH performance: the value of that specific indicator differs by at least 30% the EU-average in the ‘good’ direction LOW performance: the value of that specific indicator differs by at least 30% the EU-average in the ‘good’ direction

An overview of the situation of children in the EU and in individual MSs Scarce resources - Mixed to predominantly bad outcomes Affluent resources - Predominantly bad outcomes • BUT • no MS without low performance according to at least two individual indicators • no MS without high performance according to at least three individual indicators Not much variance

Table of contents of the report 1. Motivation, policy context and value adeded of the report 2. The situation of children in the European Union • 2.1 Material well-being of children in the European Union • 2.1.1 Income poverty • 2.1.2 Material deprivation • 2.1.3 Housing • 2.1.4 Labour market participation of parents • 2.1.5 Children in the light of EU2020 poverty target indicators • 2.1.6 Material well-being: interantional benchmarking and key challenges for each MS • 2.2 Non-material well-being of children in the European Union • 2.2.1 Education • 2.2.2 Health • 2.2.3 Exposure to risk and risk behaviour 3. Mapping individual countries – policy marker report card prototype 4. Conclusions Online Annex 1: Expert background papers: Education, Health, Risk behaviour Online Annex 2: policy marker report cards for EU27 Online Annex 3: integrated list and evaluation of the suggested indicators and indicator breakdowns

KÖZIGAZGATÁSI ÉS IGAZSÁGÜGYI MINISZTÉRIUM TÁRSADALMI FELZÁRKÓZÁSÉRT FELELŐS ÁLLAMTITKÁRSÁG Child well-being in the European Union: trends and policy markers Expert meeting Budapest, 28 April 2011

Lead indicators • Income poverty: at-risk-of-poverty rate • Material deprivation: severe material deprivation rate • Housing: overcrowding rate • Labour market participation of parents: children in low work intensity households • Education: early school-leavers • Health: low birth-weight • Exposure to risk and risk behaviour: daily smoking

Specific recommendations (illustrative example) • The child at-risk-of-poverty rate • to be analysed together with: • poverty threshold • at-risk-of-poverty gap • persistent poverty • at-risk-of-poverty rate in th previous years/period • at-risk-of-poverty rate of the overall pop. • at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers • severe material deprivation and share of children in low WI hhs (EU2020 poverty target indicators) • to provide results and analysis on the composition of children at riskof poverty by household type and work intensity of household

Child well-being in the EU