Children’s Well-being During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Study Among 10–12 Year Old School Children in Bangladesh
摘要
The issue of subjective well-being has received considerable attention in social science and health-related research in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we noticed a gap in knowledge regarding children’s views on how the pandemic affected their lives during the pandemic, especially in developing countries. This chapter filled out that research gap in the context of Bangladesh. Data in this chapter were obtained from the Children’s Worlds COVID-19 Special Survey carried out in Bangladesh during the pandemic. For that purpose, a child-friendly questionnaire was developed, and survey data were gathered from 1370 school children 10–12 years of age. In this chapter, we used some of the data to identify how children rated (on an 11-point scale, 0 = not at all satisfied to 10 = totally satisfied) 12 different aspects of their lives during the pandemic and examine whether there was a difference in the rating by their gender and rural-urban location. The study revealed that rural children were significantly less satisfied with their home, area of living, safety, learning at school, and future. In addition, a gendered aspect was observed where boys reported significantly lower satisfaction with their material possessions and how adults listened to them.