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The Sustainable Child Development Index (SCDI) for Countries
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Despite the relevance of children in inheriting and shaping society, an index assessing sustainable development with a focus on children is missing. To tackle this gap, this study established the Sustainable Child Development Index (SCDI) by considering child development topics in the context of inter-generational equity and applying indicators with available statistical data on country level. The SCDI at present addresses health, education, safety, economic status and environmental aspects described by 25 indicators. By taking reference points derived from the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the SCDI scores for the year 2015 were calculated for 138 countries and then classified into four sustainable child development levels (very high, high, medium and low). The results showed great regional inequality on the status of sustainable child development. European countries generally have better status of sustainable child development. By contrast, 90% of African and 76% of Asian countries were classified as countries with medium and low levels. Moreover, the comparison of the SCDI, the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Child Development Index (CDI) based on correlation analysis and 10-year (2006–2015) country rankings demonstrated that the SCDI can complement existing development indices to provide a more comprehensive evaluation of sustainable development.
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“Indexes monitoring early child development such as The Sustainable Child Development Index [23] and Early Child Development Index, (https://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/child-development-index.pdf) have indicated that children in sub-Saharan Africa are doing worse than those from any other region in terms of reaching developmental milestones.”
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- Authors
- Chang, Y.-J., Lehmann, A., Winter, L., & Finkbeiner, M.
- Affiliations
- Technische Universität Berlin (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Chang, Ya-Ju
- Venue
- Sustainability
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2018-05-14
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1563
- ISSN
- 2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2800547396
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 3.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DepositOnce (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Technische Universität Berlin – Universitätsbibliothek (cc-by)
- Funders
- German Research Foundation (SFB 1026)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Quality of Life Measurement
- Keywords
- child development, sustainable development, intergenerational equity, Sustainable Development Goals, composite index, regional disparities, Human Development Index, child health, children's education, child safety
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