Building the Child-Centered Statistics and Statistics on Children’s Quality of Life in France

Abstract

This article discusses how child statistics are generated in France, reports on a recent French survey on children’s quality of life, and considers the implications of the French experience for child statistics in Korea. Since France joined the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, there has been an effort, particularly since 2017, led by the High Council for Family, Childhood, and Aging (Haut Conseil de la famille, de l’enfance et de l’âge: HCFEA), to develop national data and carry out statistical surveys that cover every aspect of children’s lives. The data and public studies on children conducted by the HCFEA and three national statistics surveys on children’s welfare and quality of life that were conducted after 2019 show the direction France’s child policy is moving in and offer recommendations for Korea, where discussions about children’s welfare and child-centered statistics are currently taking place.