KEY OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN: NEW EVIDENCE FROM GROWING UP IN IRELAND. ESRI Research Bulletin 2010/1/1

Williams, James and Greene, Sheila (2010) KEY OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN: NEW EVIDENCE FROM GROWING UP IN IRELAND. ESRI Research Bulletin 2010/1/1. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

The welfare of children is a key concern of Irish society and of government policy. A major new project, Growing Up in Ireland, aims to describe the lives of a large scale representative sample of Irish children, and to analyse the factors associated with positive and negative outcomes in terms of such areas as health and education. Such evidence is of critical importance in guiding policy choices affecting children. The study is a longitudinal one, i.e. it will follow two groups or “cohorts” of children over time: a cohort of 11,000 infants (nine months old) and cohort of 8,500 nine-year olds. A recently published report† based on initial data gathered on the nine-year old group already provides a great deal of interesting evidence on several domains of child outcomes including: • physical health and well-being, • educational achievement and intellectual development, • social, emotional and behavioural well-being.

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