【田中陽子】日本の子どもの幸福度は先進３１カ国中６位。でも、物質的豊かさは２１位――。国連児童基金（ユニセフ）と国立社会保障・人口問題研究所がこんな報告書をまとめ、２５日に公表した。日本では貧困状態にある子どもの割合が高く、貧困の程度も深刻なことが改めて示された。
幸福度は、物質的豊かさ▽健康と安全▽教育▽日常生活上のリスク▽住居と環境の５分野で、計２０の指標を使って比較した。総合１位はオランダで、２位がフィンランドとアイスランド。４位ノルウェー、５位スウェーデンと、北欧の国が上位を占めた。
Japan ranks sixth in UNICEF survey on children’s well-being
KYODO
Japan ranked sixth among 31 industrialized countries in a survey on children’s well-being released Wednesday by the U.N. Children’s Fund and a Japanese institute.
The survey measured development according to five dimensions of children’s lives: material well-being, health and safety, education, behavior and risks, and housing and environment. Japan’s National Institute of Population and Social Security Research jointly conducted the research with UNICEF.
Overall, the Netherlands ranked first in the survey, followed by four Nordic countries ― Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The United States came in 29th, which was originally released in April without data on Japan.