We have finished the first, second, and third waves of the project. for further information click here.
The Fourth wave: Covid-19
The current wave of the survey is funded by the Jacobs Foundation. 24 countries took part in the Fourth wave of the survey during Covid-19 pandemic:
Albania | Algeria | Bangladesh | Belgium | Chile | Columbia | Croatia | Cyprus | Estonia | Finland | Germany | Hong Kong | Indonesia | Israel | Italy | Romania | Russia | Spain | Sri Lanka | South Africa | South Korea | Taiwan | Turkey | Wales |
For the full list of the team members click here.
Each participating country surveyed a large-scale non-representative sample of almost 1,000 children 8, 10, and 12 years old.
Preparation of the survey
2019 devoted to the preparation of the survey.
There are two aspects of preparation for the survey in each country: translation and piloting of questionnaires; and gaining ethical approval.
> Translating the questionnaires
As a first step a deep translation of the questionnaires into the spoken language/s in each country, with careful attention to the culture and context of the country and children is being done. As a second step, the translated questionnaires are translated back into English (back-translation).
> Piloting with children
The questionnaires are tested with the children in the cultural context it will be used. This involves testing with children in all three age groups for the survey in order to ensure that the questions are clear and easy to understand and culturally and ethically appropriate. Pilots are been done through cognitive testing with individual children, or by conducting focus groups with children.
> Ethics
It is a requirement of participation in the project that the ethical approach receives approval from an appropriate ethics board within the country. This includes parental consent; children’s consent (Irrespective of whether parental consent is sought, it is essential that children also are provided with a genuine choice as to whether they take part in the survey); Privacy, confidentiality and anonymity.
Conducting the survey
Data collection started in 2019. Until now, 24 countries have completed data collection from more than 23,620 children.
preparing the database
The teams and the research directors worked on cleaning the data and designing the proper weightings for each country.
