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Some Useful Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2009

Tess Ridge  and
Peter Saunders
Tess Ridge
Affiliation:
Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK E-mail: T.M.Ridge@bath.ac.uk
Peter Saunders
Affiliation:
Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia E-mail: p.saunders@unsw.edu.au
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Social Policy and Society , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 551 - 554
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International level organisations

UNICEF

http://www.unicef.org

Innocenti research centre

http://www.unicef-irc.org

A valuable resource for documents relating to child poverty and well-being.

(Usually free to download)

International-level documents

‘Understanding child poverty and well-being’

(Programme cycle 2006–2009)

http://www.unicef-irc.org/cgi-bin/unicef/research/main.sql?file=scheda_projects.sql&key=179

Innocenti report card 7: ‘Child poverty in perspective: an overview of child well-being in rich countries’

http://www.unicef-irc.org/cgi-bin/unicef/Lunga.sql?ProductID=445

Innocenti report card 8: ‘The child care transition: a league table of early childhood education and care in economically advanced countries’

http://www.unicef-irc.org/cgi-bin/unicef/Lunga.sql?ProductID=507

‘Children's perspectives on economic adversity: a review of the literature’

Innocenti Discussion Papers, 2008–01

Gerry Redmond

http://www.unicef-irc.org/cgi-bin/unicef/Lunga.sql?ProductID=497

‘Through children's eyes an initial study of children's personal experiences and coping strategies growing up poor in an affluent Netherlands’

Innocenti Working Papers, 2005–06

Tamara van der Hoek

http://www.unicef-irc.org/cgi-bin/unicef/Lunga.sql?ProductID=395

Databases and research networks

International

UNICEF Data sets on children: National and international surveys

http://www.unicef-irc.org/datasets/data_sets.html

Child info

This website contains UNICEF's statistical information, including data used in UNICEF's flagship publications, The State of the World's Children and Progress for Children. Also here are technical resources for conducting UNICEF-supported Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), which are a major source of global development data.

http://www.childinfo.org

OECD Family database

On-line database on family outcomes and family policies with indicators for all OECD countries.

http://www.oecd.org/document/4/0,3343,en_2649_34819_37836996_1_1_1_1,00.html

Childwatch International Research Network

http://www.childwatch.uio.no/

‘Children's experiences with poverty and social exclusion – challenges for research and policies’ Vienna, 28–29 June 2007, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research.

http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=914

Eurochild

Eurochild is an active network of organisations and individuals working in and across Europe to improve the quality of life of children and young people. Eurochild's work is underpinned by the principles enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

http://www.eurochild.org

ChildONEurope

European Network of National Observatories on Childhood

http://www.childoneurope.org

Child Trends

US research centre, including welfare and poverty themes

http://www.childtrends.org

The Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies

The Clearinghouse provides cross-national, comparative information about the policies, programs, benefits and services available in the advanced industrialised countries to address child, youth, and family needs. Coverage focuses on 23 advanced industrialised countries. Expansion to other countries and other parts of the world is under way.

http://www.childpolicyintl.org/

WELLCHI

Children's well-being international documentation centre.

http://www.ciimu.org/webs/wellchi/

Miscellaneous

Understanding Children's Work – an inter-agency research cooperation project on child labour

http://www.ucw-project.org

General

Valuing Children, Valuing Parents (ATD Fourth World, 2004)

A European Discussion paper prepared by the International Movement ATD Fourth World with financial support from the European Commission

http://www.atd-uk.org/publications/Pub.htm#key2

http://www.euro.centre.org/data/1182415210_73958.pdf

UK Reports using qualitative research with disadvantaged children

Attree, P. (2004), ‘Growing up in disadvantage: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence’, Child Care, Health and Development, 30.

Bentley, T., Oakley, K., Gibson, S. and Kilgour, K. (1999), The Real Deal: What Young People Really Think About Government, Politics And Social Exclusion, London: Demos.

http://www.demos.co.uk/publications//realdeal

Crowley, A. and Vulliamy, C. (2002), Listen up! Children and Young People Talk about Poverty, Wales: Save the Children

http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/54_2994.htm

Horgan, G. (2009), Speaking Out Against Poverty: Voices of Children Living in Disadvantaged Areas, Save the Children

http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/54_7765.htm

Ridge, T. (2009), Living with poverty: a review of the literature on children's and families’ experiences of poverty’, Department for Work and Pensions, HM Stationery Office.

Sharma, N. and Hirsch, D. (2007), It Doesn't Happen Here: The Reality of Child Poverty in the UK, http://www.barnardos.org.uk/childpoverty/pov-whatispoverty/pov-itdoesnthappenhere.htm

Willow, C. (2001), Bread is Free: Children and Young People Talk about Poverty, London: Save the Children.