Resources
- Are All Indicators Equal?: Alternatives to An Equal Weighting Strategy in the Construction of A Composite Index of Child Well-Being
June 14, 2010 The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to problems that may arise with regard to the validity and acceptance of the CWI because of the use of the equal-weighting procedure.
- Interpreting the Foundation for Child Development’s Index of Child Well-Being
June 14, 2010 This critical appraisal examines how to interpret the findings generated by the CWI.
- Trends and Disparities in Black, Hispanic, and White Child and Youth Well-Being: 1985-2000
June 14, 2010
- Constructing Summary Indices of Social Well-Being: A Model for the Effect of Heterogeneous Importance Weights
June 14, 2010 Revision of a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 16-19, 2002, Chicago, IL. Under review for publication in a refereed social science journal.
- An Evidence-Based Approach To The Construction of Summary Quality-of-Life Indices
June 14, 2010 Pp. 107-124 in Wolfgang Glatzer, Matthias Stoffregen, and Susanne von Below (eds.) Challenges for Quality of Life in the contemporary World.
- Trends in African-American Child Well-Being: 1985-2001
June 14, 2010 Pp.21-44 in Vonnie McLoyd, Nancy Hill, and Kenneth Dodge (eds.) African American Family Life.
- Measuring Trends in Child Well-Being: An Evidence-Based Approach
June 14, 2010
- Child Well-Being Index (CWI) 2006 Report
June 14, 2010 Child Well-Being Index Points to Pre-K Participation and Education as Leading Indicators of Educational Achievement