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Measuring Children's Experience of Their Right to Participate in School and Community: A Rights‐Based Approach

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: This paper discusses the development of a children's rights‐based measure of participation and the findings from its use in a survey of 10‐ to 11‐year‐old children (n = 3773). The measure, which was developed in collaboration with a group of children, had a high reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.89). Findings suggest that children's positive experience of their participation rights is higher in school than in community, and higher for girls compared to boys. It is argued that involving children in the ‘measurement’ of their own lives has the potential to generate more authentic data on children's lived experiences.

Source: Children & Society

DOI: 10.1111/chso.12190

Authors: Lesley Emerson, Katrina Lloyd

Institution: Queen's University Belfast

Language: English

Topic: Children's Rights and Participation

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funder: Queen's University Belfast