The progress of the Child Well-being Module22nd of June, 2010

Network on Early Childhood Education and Care

Dominic Richardson, SPD / DELSA

Child well-being module

• As part of the Family database• Three comparative sections

– Child policies (spending and structures)– Contextual indicators (family and community)– Child well-being outcome indicators

• Country specific sections– Governance issues, policy changes, yet

incomparable information – National specific data collections

Plans for the CWBM

• Not a one-off project• Stage specific information• Both theory / empirics driven

– Explanatory notes will be provided– Gaps to be identified

• All data will be quality tested– Meta data– Validation testing / systematic bias– Guidance for appropriate use

The CWBM will use a matrix structure for comparable information

Plans for the CWBM

• Not a one-off project• Stage specific information• Both theory / empirics driven

– Explanatory notes will be provided– Gaps to be identified

• All data will be quality tested– Meta data– Validation testing / systematic bias– Guidance for appropriate use

What we are doing in SPD• Child well-being indicators• Family Database• Social expenditure• Doing Better for families

– Longitudinal analysis

• Tax and benefit estimates– Static and dynamic

• Review of international surveys of children

Longitudinal analysis on the outcomes of childcare

• UK, USA Australia, Canada, Denmark,• Childcare

– Type of provider– Age at which child goes to non-parental care– Number of hours (intensity)– Controlling for background factors, health status and

breastfeeding– Parenting behaviours (reading, etc.)

• Cognitive scores (vocab.), behavioural (attention), and conduct at age 5

• Linking this to mothers employment• Will feed into future work on data collection

Incorporating the ECEC network information

• Mainly in early childhood inputs and contexts– Information on staffing levels /

provision by child or family attributes

• In country specific sections– ECEC Governance information– Recent ECEC policy developments– Unique national data collections and

evaluations

Outputs from the CWBM…

• ST: Online reporting by indicator• Feed into upcoming work (DBFF)

– Make better use of the qualitative info and country specific info

• MT: Working papers or short reports– By child age / by country / by topic

• LT: Provide a foundation for regular reporting on CWB in OECD countries

Progress to date I• Final round of comments were received

from the USA and Australia in March• Incorporated changes

– Identifying the correct data– Collaborative approach to conceptualisation

• Addressed outstanding concerns– Inclusion of all countries– Types of involvement / collection

• The final proposal has been submitted to the EDG

• The UK has already committed three years of funding to the project

• Data is collected for DBFF and other projects on health, education and income– Averages (efficiency)

– Inequalities (equity)

• First online data as of fourth quarter of 2010

• New data (national and international) will be reviewed and added as of fourth quarter of 2010

• Backdating of available series in early 2011

Progress to date II

Some useful links

www.oecd.org/els/social/childwellbeing

www.oecd.org/els/social/family/database

Dominic.Richardson@OECD.org+33 145 24 9456