Common Indicators of Young Children’s Well-Being

The following outline the common set of 11 indicators being used by governments to report on young children’s well-being, as committed by First Ministers in their September 2000 communiqué on early child development. The indicators presented pertain to the prenatal period through age 5 (inclusive).

Physical Health and Motor Development

• Healthy Birthweight
• Incidence of Meningococcal Group C Disease
• Incidence of Measles
• Incidence of Haemophilus Influenzae–b (Hib)
• Infant Mortality Rate
• Motor and Social Development

Emotional Health

• Emotional Problem-Anxiety
• Hyperactivity-Inattention
• Physical Aggression-Conduct Problem

Social Knowledge and Competence

• Personal-Social Behaviour

Cognitive Learning and Language Communication

• Language