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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.2.485

A Study on Children's Rights and Happiness for Building Child Friendly Cities - Comparative study between elementary and middle school students  

Kim, Woong-Soo (Dept. of Social Welfare, Hanil University & Presbyterian Theological Seminary)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.2, 2017 , pp. 485-491 More about this Journal
Abstract
Child friendly cities are to be prepared to create a community environment that allows children to live happily when children's rights are created when the environment in which children's rights are guaranteed is created. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between children's rights and happiness and explored what needed to be done to build child friendly cities for children. For this purpose, 1,000 elementary and middle school students in W district with the certification of child friendly cities were surveyed and analyzed. From the results of this study, first, elementary students were more aware of children's rights than middle school students. Second, children's rights affecting happiness appeared as health, social services, and educational environment. Third, children's rights affecting happiness were found to vary according to the level of school. Housing, safety and protection, and educational resources were important for elementary school students, and health and social services, and safety and protection were important for middle school students. Based on the results of this study, this study suggested that multifaceted intervention and approach should be considered for various aspects of health, welfare, education, safety, etc. to build child friendly cities.
Keywords
Child friendly cities; Children's rights; Happiness; Level of school; UN convention on the rights of the child;
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