Youth Well-Being in Brazil : An Index for Cross-Regional Comparisons
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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This study constructs three indices to
measure how well Brazil's young people are surviving
their transition to adulthood. Youth development is
difficult to quantify because of the multi-dimensionality of
youth behavior. Most monitoring use individual indicators in
specific sectors, making it difficult to track overall
progress. The study adapts to the Brazilian case a
methodology developed by Duke University to measure the
well-being of U.S. children and youth. It uses readily
available data to construct three indices for each Brazilian
state based on 36 indicators encompassing the health,
behavior, school performance, institutional connectedness,
and socioeconomic conditions. The indices conclude that
young people in the states of Santa Catarina and the Federal
District are doing particularly well and those in Alagoas
and Pernambuco are the worst off. While these rankings are
expected to continue into the next generation, young people
in other states have a brighter (Espiritu Santo) or more
dismal (Rio Grande de Sul, Tocatins) future due to
underinvestment in today's children. Still others (Rio
de Janeiro) are underutilizing their resources so their
young citizens are in a worse situation than they could be
if the state were to invest more. The hope is that the
methodology can be used in Brazil as it has been used in the
United States to estimate the indices annually, thus
allowing policymakers, young people, and society to track
the well-being of youth in each state over time.
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ADOLESCENT, ADOLESCENT HEALTH, ADOLESCENT MORBIDITY, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY, ADOLESCENTS, ALCOHOLIC, BASIC EDUCATION, BIRTH WEIGHT, BIRTHS, BULLETIN, CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD, CIGARETTE SMOKING, COCAINE, CRIME, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DRUGS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, EARLY PREGNANCY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EPIDEMIC, FACT SHEET, FAMILIES, HEALTH BEHAVIOR, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, HOSPITAL, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, ILLICIT DRUG USE, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, JUVENILE DETENTION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LIVE BIRTHS, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, LOW INFANT MORTALITY, MARIJUANA, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, NEO-NATAL MORTALITY, NEONATAL MORTALITY, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OBESITY, OFFENDERS, OVERWEIGHT, PARENTAL EDUCATION, PARENTS, PATIENT, PHYSICIANS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, POLITICAL PROCESS, POPULATION SIZE, PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY RATE, PREGNANCY RATES, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE, RADIO, RISK-TAKING BEHAVIOR, RISKY SEX, RURAL AREAS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SINGLE MOTHER, SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS, SMOKING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SUBSTANCE USE, SUICIDE, TEEN, TEEN PREGNANCY, TEENS, TOBACCO, TOBACCO USE, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, USE OF ALCOHOL, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VIOLENT CRIME, VULNERABILITY, WORKERS, WORKFORCE, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG PERSON, YOUTH, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH PARTICIPATION, YOUTH POLICIES, YOUTH POPULATION, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH VIOLENCE, YOUTH WORK