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Chzhen, Yekaterina; Rees, Gwyther; Gromada, Anna; Cuesta, Jose; Bruckauf, Zlata – UNICEF, 2018
In the world's richest countries, some children do worse at school than others because of circumstances beyond their control, such as where they were born, the language they speak or their parents' occupations. These children enter the education system at a disadvantage and can drop further behind if educational policies and practices reinforce,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Bias, Socioeconomic Influences, Foreign Countries
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Timar, Eszter; Gromada, Anna; Rees, Gwyther; Carraro, Alessandro – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
UNICEF Innocenti's Report Card 17 explores how the 43 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and/or the European Union (EU) countries are faring in providing healthy environments for children. Do children have clean water to drink? Do they have good-quality air to breathe? Are their homes free of lead and mould? How many…
Descriptors: Children, Child Welfare, Well Being, Environmental Influences
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Gromada, Anna; Rees, Gwyther; Chzhen, Yekaterina – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2020
A new look at children from the world's richest countries offers a mixed picture of their health, skills and happiness. For far too many, issues such as poverty, exclusion and pollution threaten their mental well-being, physical health and opportunities to develop skills. Even countries with good social, economic and environmental conditions are a…
Descriptors: Child Health, Well Being, Socioeconomic Status, Social Influences