The well-being of America's children : developing and improving the Child and Youth Well-Being Index / Kenneth C. Land, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Kenneth C. Land -- Conceptual and methodological foundations of the Child and Youth Well-Being Index / Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb and Sarah Meadows -- The CWI and its components: empirical studies and findings / Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb, Sarah Meadows, Hui Zheng and Qiang Fu -- Measuring social disparities via the CWI: race-ethnicity, income, and immigrant status / Donald J. Hernandez, Suzanne Macartney and Wendy Cervantes -- Perceived quality of life research on children and youth: implications for a system of national indicators / E. Scott Huebner, Susan P. Antaramian and Ashley Lewis Heffner -- Issues in composite index construction / Michael R. Hagerty and Kenneth C. Land -- Scalability of the CWI: state-level indicators and composite indices / Vicki L. Lamb and William P. O'Hare -- Scalability of the CWI: substate regional indicators and composite indices / Qiang Fu, Vicki L. Lamb and Kenneth C. Land -- Intergenerational and cross-national comparisons of child and youth well-being / Kenneth C. Land, Vicki L. Lamb and Hui Zheng -- Policy connections and practical implications of the CWI / Megan A. Curran, Shadi Houshyar and Bruce Lesley -- Conclusions and future directions / Kenneth C. Land.