2008 Children and Young People's Well-being Monitor for Wales

The Welsh Assembly Government has published its first Children and Young People’s Well-being Monitor, which brings together research and statistical data on the well-being of young people aged 0-18 in Wales.
It is based on themes taken from the Assembly Government’s seven core aims for children and young people which are underpinned by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. These themes are:

• early years
• Health
• Education
• access to play, sport, leisure and culture
• rights and entitlements
• safe home and community
• ensuring no child or young person is disadvantaged by poverty

The key findings relating to injury include:

• The majority of parents in Wales rate their area as “excellent” or “good” for bringing up a 5 year old child. The majority of parents also feel that their local area is “very safe” or “fairly safe”.
• The number of children killed or injured on the roads in Wales has been falling in recent years. Older children are more likely to be casualties than younger children, and boys are more likely to be killed or injured than girls.
• Levels of household crime and personal crime in Wales have remained stable over the last two years.
  

To download this report please click on the following link:

http://wales.gov.uk/about/aboutresearch/social/ocsropage/2008monitor?lang=en