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MEASURING CHILDREN’SSUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING:RATIONALE, EMPIRICALAPPROACHES ANDFUTURE DIRECTIONS CENTRE ON WELL-BEING,INCLUSION, SUSTAINABILITYAND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY(WISE) TECHNICAL REPORTMarch 2026 Measuring children’s subjective well-being Rationale, empirical approaches and future directions This technical report is published under the responsibility of the Secretary General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and thearguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of OECD member countries. This document is without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers andboundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. The release of this technical report has been authorised by Romina Boarini, Director of the OECD Centre on Well-being, Inclusion,Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE). © OECD 2026 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. By using this work, you accept to bebound by the terms of this licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). Attribution– you must cite the work. Translations– you must cite the original work, identify changes to the original and add the following text:In the event of anydiscrepancy between the original work and the translation, only the text of original work should be considered valid. Adaptations– you must cite the original work and add the following text:This is an adaptation of an original work by the OECD.The opinions expressed and arguments employed in this adaptation should not be reported as representing the official views of theOECD or of its Member countries. Third-party material– the licence does not apply to third-party material in the work. If using such material, you are responsible forobtaining permission from the third party and for any claims of infringement. You must not use the OECD logo, visual identity or cover image without express permission or suggest the OECD endorses youruse of the work. Any dispute arising under this licence shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)Arbitration Rules 2012. The seat of arbitration shall be Paris (France). The number of arbitrators shall be one. Abstract Promoting child well-being is a prominent priority across OECD countries, creating a pressing need forreliable measures of children’s living conditions and outcomes, including their subjective well-being – thatis, how children themselves perceive and evaluate their lives. Such measures can provide an importantcomplement to more objective measures of children’s living conditions and can help ensure that children’svoices are part of the evidence base available todecision-makers.Existing OECD Guidelines onMeasuring Subjective Well-beingaddress how these concepts can be measured among people aged 15and over, butmeasuring subjective well-being in younger children poses distinct challenges, as indicatorsmust account for their evolving developmental capacities and be tailored to their age, cognitive abilities,and lived experiences. This report outlines the rationale for collecting data on child subjective well-being and reviews the mainconstructs and methodologies employed in key international surveys, includingthe International Survey ofChildren’s Well-Being,theHealth Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC)study, theOECD Survey onSocial and Emotional Skills,andProgramme for International Student Assessment.It critically examinesthe strengths and limitations of existing measures in terms of policy relevance, brevity, and statisticalrobustness. The report further considers how current approaches align with – or diverge from – the OECDGuidelines on Measuring Subjective Well-Being, which were developed primarily for adult populations.Finally, it identifies key challenges in advancing the measurement of children’s subjective well-being, withparticular attention to ensuring age appropriateness, cultural sensitivity, cross-national comparability, andalignment with national policy priorities. Acknowledgements This technical report was prepared by the OECD Centre on Well Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and EqualOpportunity (WISE Centre). It was developed under the leadership of Romina Boarini (Director, OECDWISE Centre), with editorial oversight from Carrie Exton (Senior Counsellor, OECD WISE Centre). Thereport was written by Olivier Thévenon and Sabrina Twilhaar (AssistantProfessor of Psychology,University of Warwick). Anne-Lise Faron (OECD WISE Centre) prepared the report for publication, andMartine Zaïda (OECD WISE Centre) provided valuable support and advice on communication andpublication. The authors would like to thank Jessica Mahoney and Carrie Exton (OECD WISE Centre), Miyako Ikedaand Catharina Gress-Wright (OECD Directorate for Education) for their comments on an earlier version ofthe report. An informal adv