Material Well-being, Social Relationships and Children's Overall Life Satisfaction in Hong Kong
Material Well-being, Social Relationships and Children's Overall Life Satisfaction in Hong Kong
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DOI：
10.1007/s12187-016-9426-7
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发表时间：
2018-02-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Bradshaw, Jonathan
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作者：
Lau, Maggie;Bradshaw, Jonathan
对亚洲儿童贫困和儿童福利的研究兴趣日益增加。然而，在实地编制定性和定量数据时，主要采用"专家主导"或成人得出的儿童贫困衡量标准。本文旨在探讨香港儿童的社会人口特征及社会关系对整体生活满意度的影响。本文所用的数据来自策略性公共政策研究计划第一波的“香港贫穷及社会弱势的趋势及影响：一项跨学科及纵向研究”。本文报告，第一次证据的基础上，儿童衍生的物质匮乏指数-从而解决了传统的成人衍生的儿童贫困措施的局限性。研究发现，儿童贫困比传统的成人报告的收入贫困更能解释儿童整体生活满意度的变化。进一步的分析表明，儿童与家庭和教师的积极关系，从家庭中获得的强大的社会支持，以及被欺负的经验与他们的生活满意度。
There has been growing research interest into child poverty and child well-being in Asia. However the development of qualitative and quantitative data in the field predominately adopts 'expert-led' or adult-derived measures of child poverty. This article aims to explore variations in children's overall life satisfaction by their socio-demographic characteristics and social relationships in Hong Kong. Data used in this article is drawn from the first wave of the Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR) project- 'Trends and Implications of Poverty and Social Disadvantages in Hong Kong: A Multi-disciplinary and Longitudinal Study'. This article reports, for the first time evidence based on a child-derived material deprivation index - thereby addressing the limitations in traditional adult-derived child poverty measures. The study found that child deprivation explained more of the variation in children's overall life satisfaction than traditional adult-reported income poverty. Further analyses showed that children's perceived positive relationships with family and teachers, perceived strong social support from family, and experience of being bullied were associated with their life satisfaction.