LBS children's barometer
The LBS Children's Barometer is an empirical study to record the opinions and well-being of children across Germany. The study is carried out and scientifically supported by PROKIDS (PROSOZ Institute for Social Research). It is financed by the Landesbausparkassen (LBS) and is created in cooperation with the German Child Protection Association (DKSB). Every two years since 2009, over 10,000 children between the ages of nine and 14 have been surveyed nationwide on various topics, making the LBS Children's Barometer one of the largest, representative studies of childhood research in Germany.
Background of the study
history
The children's barometer was first launched in 1997 by the LBS-Initiative Junge Familie and initially carried out exclusively in North Rhine-Westphalia. In 2007, the study was expanded to include Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Bremen, Hesse, Lower Saxony and things, before the study was finally extended to the entire federal territory in 2009. The study is designed as a cross-sectional study . Between the individual surveys, some topics are taken up repeatedly so that time comparisons are possible and the LBS children's barometer thus partly shows the characteristics of a trend study .
Goal setting
The age group of nine to 14 year-olds was deliberately chosen in order to expand the field of other children and youth studies, such as the World Vision children's study and the Shell youth study , to include the intermediate age range. The aim of the study has always been to give children a voice and thus also let the youngest members of society have their say. The child is taken seriously and involved as a social actor in society. The anchor point is Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child , which is strictly followed. For this, the children of the appropriate age group are u. a. already involved in the process of questionnaire development.
Previous patronage
- Ursula von der Leyen (at that time Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth; in the LBS Children's Barometer Germany 2009)
- Kristina Schröder (at that time Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth; in the LBS Children's Barometer Germany 2011)
- Manuela Schwesig (at the time Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth; in the LBS Children's Barometer Germany 2016)
- Susanne Eisenmann (at that time Minister for Culture, Youth and Sport of the State of Baden-Württemberg and President of the Conference of Ministers of Education 2017; in the LBS Children's Barometer Germany 2018)
Selected publications
- Kathrin Müthing, Judith Razakowski, Maren Gottschling: Now it's our turn! Moods, opinions and trends of children and young people. LBS Children's Barometer Germany 2018 . Recklinghausen 2018, ISBN 978-3-9818149-4-1 .
- Kathrin Müthing & Judith Razakowski: That's how we see it! Moods, opinions and trends of children and young people. LBS Children's Barometer Germany 2016 . Recklinghausen 2016, ISBN 978-3-9818149-1-0 .
- Kathrin Müthing, Stefan Riedel, Verena Todeskino: Now let's talk! Moods, opinions and trends of children and young people. LBS Children's Barometer Germany 2014 . Recklinghausen 2014, ISBN 3-9810120-9-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kathrin Müthing, Judith Razakowski, Maren Gottschling: Moods, trends and opinions of children from Germany. LBS, accessed July 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Thomas Rauschenbach: Children in Germany - a balance of empirical studies. DJI Bulletin, January 2009, accessed July 3, 2019 .