TY - JOUR A1 - Hurrelmann, Klaus A1 - Andresen, Sabine A1 - Schneekloth, Ulrich T1 - Care and freedom: Theoretical and empirical aspects of children’s wellbeing T2 - Child Indicators Research N2 - In 2007, we published the first survey on children in Germany. In that “1st World Vision Children Study,” we decided to perform more than just a representative and standardized questionnaire survey of 1,600 children aged 8–11 years. We also chose to carry out qualitative interviews linked together with a game, and to extend these interviews to include children from the age of 6 years onward. One important finding of the 2007 survey was the devastating impact of social inequality on children’s lives and the growing numbers of children who experience poverty. In 2010, we published a new survey of children, the “2nd World Vision Study.” This covered a sample of 2,500 children aged 6 to 11 years. We added some questions on the feelings and everyday life experiences children have when they are poor. We also included questions on respect, and self-efficacy. Both studies are based on a concept of child well-being. We consider that the World Vision Study of 2010 delivers one major finding: What contributes to the well-being of children in Germany is the granting of freedoms and the experiences of autonomy embedded among experiences of parental care within committed relationships. Hence, it is precisely a combination of freedom and parental care, of co-determination and protection that leads to a high life satisfaction in 6- to 11-year-olds.(Publishers Information) KW - Child well-being KW - Freedom KW - Care KW - Time-use KW - Respect KW - Child well-being in Germany Y1 - 2014 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-hsog/frontdoor/index/index/docId/763 SN - 1874-897X VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - 437 EP - 448 PB - Springer Netherlands ER -