Find comparative data on children's well-being outcomes in four core outcome areas:
- Material outcomes
- Physical health outcomes
- Cognitive development and education outcomes
- Social, emotional and cultural outcomes
Child well-being outcomes
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Material outcomes
| Age range | Years available | Data access/download | ||
| Food, clothing, and basic necessities | ||||
| Children experiencing food deprivation (MAT_FDEP) | 1- to 15-year-olds | 2014 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report often feeling hungry when arriving at school (MAT_HNGR) | 10-year-olds | 2016, 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children experiencing clothing deprivation (MAT_CDEP) | 1- to 15-year-olds | 2014 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Housing and housing quality | ||||
| Children experiencing housing overcrowding (MAT_OVCR) | 0- to 17-year-olds | 2010-2020 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children in households without basic sanitation facilities (MAT_SANI) | 0- to 17-year-olds | 2010-2020 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children in households experiencing poor housing conditions (MAT_HCON) | 0- to 17-year-olds | 2010-2020 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children in households experiencing severe housing deprivation (MAT_HDEP) | 0- to 17-year-olds | 2010-2020 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report high and low satisfaction with the home they live in | ||||
| - Children who report high satisfaction with the home they live in (MAT_SHMEA) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who report low satisfaction with the home they live in (MAT_SHMEB) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Learning materials and resources | ||||
| Children who report not having books for school work at home (MAT_BKSW) | 15-year-olds | 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report not having a desk and place to study at home (PISA) (MAT_DPSH) | 15-year-olds | 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report not having a study desk at home (TIMSS/PIRLS) (MAT_DSKH) | 10-year-olds | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report not having the money for school trips (MAT_MSCH) | 8-, 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Social, leisure and recreation materials and resources | ||||
| Children experiencing social activity deprivation (MAT_SDEP) | 1- to 15-year-olds | 2014 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children experiencing leisure activity deprivation (MAT_LDEP) | 1- to 15-year-olds | 2014 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report not having a computer or tablet at home (MAT_COMP) | 15-year-olds | 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report not having an internet connection at home (PISA) (MAT_INTP) | 15-year-olds | 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report not having an internet connection at home (TIMSS/PIRLS) (MAT_INTT) | 10-year-olds | 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report not having equipment for sports and hobbies (MAT_EQSH) | 8-, 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Overall material well-being | ||||
| Children who report high and low satisfaction with their material belongings | ||||
| - Children who report high satisfaction with their material belongings (MAT_SMATA) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who report low satisfaction with their material belongings (MAT_SMATB) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children experiencing child-specific material deprivation (MAT_CSMD) | 1- to 15-year-olds | 2014 | Download (.xlsx) | |
Physical health outcomes
| Age range | Years available | Data access/download | ||
| Birth outcomes | ||||
| Neonatal preterm births (HTH_PRTB) | Birth | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Low-weight birth rates (HTH_LWBR) | Birth | 1960- | Via OECD Health Statistics | |
| Infant mortality rates (HTH_INFM) | 0-year-olds | 1960- | Via OECD Health Statistics | |
| Physical development and body image | ||||
| Children who are overweight or obese (HTH_OVWT) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who are underweight (HTH_UNWT) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children's self-reported body image | ||||
| - Children who report thinking their body is "about right" (HTH_BDIMA) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who report thinking their body is "much too" thin or fat (HTH_BDIMB) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report high and low satisfaction with the way they look | ||||
| - Children who report high satisfaction with the way they look (HTH_SLOKA) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who report low satisfaction with the way they look (HTH_SLOKB) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Physical health status | ||||
| Children and young people with communicable, maternal, neonatal, and/or nutritional diseases (CMNN) (HTH_CMNN) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with nutritional deficiencies (HTH_NUTD) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with non-communicable diseases (HTH_NCDI) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people experiencing injuries (HTH_INJR) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with oral disorders (HTH_ORLD) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with sensory impairments | ||||
| - Children and young people with blindness or vision impairment conditions (HTH_BVIS) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children and young people with hearing loss (HTH_HRLS) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children living with limitations in activities due to health problems (HTH_LMAH) | 0- to 15-year-olds | 2017 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children with unmet health care needs | ||||
| - Children with unmet needs for medical attention (HTH_UNMM) | 0- to 15-year-olds | 2017 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children with unmet needs for dental attention (HTH_UNMD) | 0- to 15-year-olds | 2017 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Overall health and physical well-being | ||||
| Children's self-rated health | ||||
| - Children who rate their own health as "excellent" (HTH_SRHLA) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who rate their own health as "fair" or "poor" (HTH_SRHLB) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report high and low satisfaction with their health | ||||
| - Children reporting high satisfaction with their health (HTH_SHTHA) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children reporting low satisfaction with their health (HTH_SHTHB) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
Cognitive development and education outcomes
| Age range | Years available | Data access/download | ||
| Cognitive skills and abilities | ||||
| Children who are top performers and low achievers on the OECD PISA assessments | ||||
| - Children who are top performers in at least one of the three core PISA subjects (CDE_PITO) | 15-year-olds | 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who are top performers in all three core PISA subjects (CDE_PITA) | 15-year-olds | 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who are low achievers in at least one of the three core PISA subjects (CDE_PILO) | 15-year-olds | 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who are low achievers in all three core PISA subjects (CDE_PILA) | 15-year-olds | 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who are top performers and low achievers on the PIRLS reading assessment | ||||
| - Children who are top performers on the PIRLS reading assessment (CDE_PRTA) | 10-year-olds | 2011, 2016 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who are low achievers on the PIRLS reading assessment (CDE_PRLA) | 10-year-olds | 2011, 2016 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who are top performers and low achievers on the TIMSS mathematics and science assessments | ||||
| - Children who are top performers in at least one of the two TIMSS assessment subjects (CDE_TMTO) | 10-year-olds | 2015, 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who are top performers in both of the two TIMSS assessment subjects (CDE_TMTA) | 10-year-olds | 2015, 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who are low achievers in at least one of the two TIMSS assessment subjects (CDE_TMLO) | 10-year-olds | 2015, 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who are low achievers in both of the two TIMSS assessment subjects (CDE_TMLA) | 10-year-olds | 2015, 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Learning skills and metacognition | ||||
| Children with high and low relative knowledge of strategies for understanding and remembering | ||||
| - Children with high relative knowledge of strategies for understanding and remembering (CDE_UNREA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children with low relative knowledge of strategies for understanding and remembering (CDE_UNREB) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children with high and low relative knowledge of strategies for summarising | ||||
| - Children with high relative knowledge of strategies for summarising (CDE_SUMMA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children with low relative knowledge of strategies for summarising (CDE_SUMMB) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children with high and low relative knowledge of strategies for assessing credibility | ||||
| - Children with high relative knowledge of strategies for assessing credibility (CDE_ASCRA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children with low relative knowledge of strategies for assessing credibility (CDE_ASCRB) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Education progression and attainment | ||||
| Children who report having ever repeated a school grade (CDE_REPS) | 15-year-olds | 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) (CDE_NEET) | 15- to 29-year-olds | 1997- | Via the OECD Education Database | |
| Satisfaction with and confidence in abilities | ||||
| Children who report high and low satisfaction with their learning | ||||
| - Children who report high satisfaction with the things they have learned in school (CDE_SLERA) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who report low satisfaction with the things they have learned in school (CDE_SLERB) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report high and low satisfaction with their life as a student | ||||
| - Children who report high satisfaction with their life as a student (CDE_SSTUA) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who report low satisfaction with their life as a student (CDE_SSTUB) | 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who express high and low relative self-perceived competence in reading | ||||
| - Children who express high relative self-perceived comptence in reading (CDE_CMPRA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who express low relative self-perceived comptence in reading (CDE_CMPRB) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who are and are not confident in reading | ||||
| - Children who are very confident in reading (CDE_CONRA) | 10-year-olds | 2016 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who are not confident in reading (CDE_CONRB) | 10-year-olds | 2016 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who are and are not confident in mathematics | ||||
| - Children who are very confident in mathematics (CDE_CONMA) | 10-year-olds | 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who are not confident in mathematics (CDE_CONMB) | 10-year-olds | 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who are and are not confident in science | ||||
| - Children who are very confident in science (CDE_CONSA) | 10-year-olds | 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who are not confident in science (CDE_CONSB) | 10-year-olds | 2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
Social, emotional and cultural outcomes
| Age range | Years available | Data access/download | ||
| Safety, emotional security, and basic emotional needs | ||||
| Children who report feeling safe at home (SEC_FSAFA) | 8-, 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report feeling cared for by their family (SEC_FCREA) | 8-, 10- and 12-year-olds | 2016/19 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report feeling supported by their family | ||||
| - Children who report feeling high overall support from their family (SEC_FSUPA) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who report feeling low overall support from their family (SEC_FSUPB) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Socio-emotional skills | ||||
| Children who express self-efficacy and resilience | ||||
| - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that they can usually find a way out of difficult situations (SEC_RESFA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that their self-belief helps them through hard times (SEC_RESBA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who express fear of failure | ||||
| - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that when they fail, they worry what others will think of them (SEC_FOFWA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that when they fail, they worry they do not have enough talent (SEC_FOFAA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who express motivation to master tasks | ||||
| - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that they find hard work satisfying (SEC_MVMSA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that they enjoy improving on past performance (SEC_MVMEA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who express a growth mindset (SEC_GRMI) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Mental health status and disorders | ||||
| Children who report multiple subjective health complaints (SEC_MSHC) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with mental disorders (SEC_DMEN) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with depressive disorders (SEC_DDEP) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with anxiety disorders (SEC_DANX) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with conduct disorder (SEC_DCON) | 5- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (SEC_DADH) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with developmental intellectual disabilities (ID) (SEC_DIID) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) (SEC_DASD) | 0- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people with eating disorders (SEC_DETG) | 10- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children and young people engaging in self-harm (SEC_DSFH) | 10- to 19-year-olds | 1990-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Child and young person deaths from intentional self-harm (SEC_MSFH) | 10- to 19-year-olds | 2000-2019 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Affects | ||||
| Children who report regularly feeling low (SEC_FLOW) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report regularly feeling irritable (SEC_FIRR) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report regularly feeling nervous (SEC_FNER) | 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds | 2013/14, 2017/18 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report feeling happy | ||||
| - Children who report always feeling happy (SEC_FHAPA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who report rarely or never feeling happy (SEC_FHAPB) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who report feeling sad | ||||
| - Children who report always feeling sad (SEC_FSADA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who report rarely or never feeling sad (SEC_FSADB) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Overall life satisfaction and sense of meaning in life | ||||
| Children who report high and low satisfaction with their life as a whole | ||||
| - Children who report high satisfaction with their life as a whole (SEC_PLFSA) | 15-year-olds | 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who report low satisfaction with their life as a whole (SEC_PLFSB) | 15-year-olds | 2015, 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| Children who express a sense of meaning in life | ||||
| - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that their life has clear meaning or purpose (SEC_MCMPA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |
| - Children who agree (or strongly agree) that they have a clear sense of what gives meaning to their life (SEC_MSMLA) | 15-year-olds | 2018 | Download (.xlsx) | |