Hong Kong Children’s Views about Their Lives and Well-being during the Pandemic : Evidence from the Covid-19 Supplement of Children’s Worlds

Stefan KÜHNER; Maggie Ka Wai LAU

Hong Kong Children’s Views about Their Lives and Well-being during the Pandemic : Evidence from the Covid-19 Supplement of Children’s Worlds

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Abstract

Since the first coronavirus cluster was reported in December 2019, few families with children have managed to avoid the impacts of public health and social measures, including travel restrictions, universal masking, school closures, economic lockdowns and other measures to control Coronavirus transmission on their everyday lives. Several studies have captured children’s experiences during the Coronavirus, but few focus specifically on children’s views on their lives and well-being. This report summarises the quantitative evidence from a unique questionnaire among Hong Kong children in middle childhood (aged 8-12) conducted as part of the ‘Covid-19 Supplement of Children’s Worlds: The International Survey of Children’s Well-Being’. Covering children’s exposure to the Coronavirus in their families, changes in their families’ material circumstances, experiences with online learning, and impacts on the relationships with their families and peers, this report discusses Hong Kong children’s (n = 414) views about their lives and well-being during the Coronavirus. Using this empirical evidence, it develops descriptive and multivariate analyses relevant to policymakers, NGO practitioners, schools, and parents. Lastly, it aims to help garner a better understanding of the collateral impacts of the measures used to control the Coronavirus on children’s well-being.

Original language	English
Publisher	International Survey of Children Well-Being (ISCWeB)
Number of pages	38
Publication status	Published - Jun 2023

Bibliographical note

[Part of the National Reports of the Fourth wave of data collection, sampled during COVID-19 pandemic]

The research in this report was funded by a Lingnan University Faculty Research Grant, COVID19 Supplement of Children’s Worlds: The International Survey of Children’s Well-being (Project Number: 102192). We are indebted to the Children’s Worlds Core Group for their leadership and support in finalising the Hong Kong questionnaire and for providing expert advice on quality control of the survey and data cleaning. Chan Sze Nam Alan provided specialist research assistance throughout all the stages of this project. Lau Ho Wing supported us with translating and backtranslating the Hong Kong questionnaire from English into Chinese. Lingnan University’s Office for Communication and Public Affairs (OCPA) circulated our survey on Lingnan University’s official website and social media channels. Finally, many thanks are due to the participating schools and non-governmental organisations, children and parents/guardians across Hong Kong without whose collaboration, the data collection would not have been possible.

Keywords

Children's subjective well-being
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Hong Kong

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Hong Kong Children’s Views about Their Lives and Well-being during the Pandemic : Evidence from the Covid-19 Supplement of Children’s Worlds

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Keywords

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