Child‐friendliness is a new concept in the research literature. Derived from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, it assesses different nations’ commitment to the aspects of children’s rights: both self‐determination and nurturance and care. Since the concept is still in its infancy, there is a need to study the associations between child‐friendliness and the subjective well‐being of children in a comparative perspective. Accordingly, the present study compares country rankings in the Child‐Friendliness Index (CFI) with country scores in the Global Domain Satisfaction Index (GDSI) in a sample of ten OECD countries. Results show that there is no association between the adapted GDSI score and the CFI. However, the self‐determination sub‐index and specifically participation in the personal domain are found correlated with GDSI domains. Moreover, countries can be grouped into different clusters: Nordic, Mediterranean, European, Asian.

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“儿童友善”国家是否有助于提高儿童满意度？经合组织国家比较研究

儿童友善是研究文献中的一个新概念。它源自《联合国儿童权利公约》，评估了不同国家对儿童权利方面的承诺：自决权，抚养权和照料权。由于该概念仍处于起步阶段，因此有必要从比较的角度研究儿童友善性与儿童主观幸福感之间的联系。因此，本研究在十个经合组织国家的样本中，比较了儿童友善指数（CFI）中的国家排名和全球领域满意度指数（GDSI）中的国家得分。结果表明，调整后的GDSI得分与CFI之间没有关联。然而，发现自决定子指数，特别是个人领域的参与度与GDSI领域相关。此外，可以将国家分为不同的类别：北欧，地中海，欧洲，亚洲。