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Nepali kids more 'satisfied with life' than affluent counterparts from UK, Korea
Children of Nepal have lesser computers, do more household work than their Western counterparts, but when it comes to life satisfaction, they scored higher than their Spanish, Polish, English, and South Korean counterparts! A survey of 8 to 12 year olds by researchers at the University of York in the U
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hildren of Nepal have lesser computers, do more household work than their Western counterparts, but when it comes to life satisfaction, they scored higher than their Spanish, Polish, English, and South Korean counterparts!
A survey of 8 to 12 year olds by researchers at the University of York in the U.K, asked questions to around 30,000 children from 15 countries with varying economies and lifestyle.
This study titled 'Children's view on their lives and well-being in 15 countries' surveyed children from six districts in two development regions.
A total of 2,953 children were surveyed, which included 975 eight-year- olds, 983 ten-year-olds, and 995 ten-year-olds from Nepal.
More than 57 per cent of Nepalese children surveyed said they had a very high well-being, compared with just 39.5 per cent in South Korea and 53.4 per cent in the U.K.
The study asks a broad range of questions such as, whether their parents listen to them, if they have enough friends and if they feel they are treated fairly at school.
Majority of children contribute to housework every day and are among the most satisfied with school life.
This chart shows that upto 74 per cent of girls and 70 per cent of boys in Nepal are helping with houseshold work everyday.
According to the survey, more than 90 per cent of Nepalese children had no access to the Internet ' compared with 1 per cent in Norway.
They did not have a family car, and a third didn't have a television.
Nepal also ranked relatively higher on questions relating to school and education, falling in the middle of the pack rather than the bottom ' and even taking the top spot on certain counts.
The study notes that the three African countries and in Nepal, school was more prominent among the aspects that children were most satisfied with, accounting for two of the three top-ranked aspects in Algeria, Ethiopia and Nepal, and one in South Africa. (++++)
