Global indicators
for child wellbeing research
A structured toolkit platform for child wellbeing research — browse and navigate indicator frameworks developed through participatory, mixed-methods research with communities and practitioners around the world.
Child-centred
Every indicator is developed with and for children — grounding complex data in the realities of how young people experience their world.
Participatory
Frameworks built through direct engagement with communities, practitioners, and children across diverse geographic and cultural contexts.
Evaluation-ready
Structured indicator sets designed to move directly into evaluation, policy, and practice — not just academic publication.
Our Approach
Participatory by design
Our frameworks emerge from sustained engagement with children, families, and practitioners. Every indicator is grounded in lived experience — not just professional consensus or academic literature.
Using mixed-methods research, we combine qualitative insight with quantitative rigour to produce indicator sets that hold up in both policy and practice contexts across diverse cultural and geographic settings.
Research mode
Mixed-methods
Design mode
Participatory
Output mode
Indicator sets
Design principles
“Children’s voices belong at the centre of the frameworks that measure their wellbeing.”
Indicators are developed with communities, not for them.
Cross-domain coverage captures the full complexity of child experience.
Every framework is designed to be adapted, not just applied.
Global scope
Indicators developed with global applicability, tested across diverse geographies and validated against international child rights frameworks.
Evidence-based
Grounded in peer-reviewed research and refined through participatory fieldwork with children, families, and practitioners across communities.
Ethically designed
Developed under child-safe research ethics with ongoing review as evidence, community feedback, and international standards evolve.
How It Works
From indicators to toolkit
Start from a project site or the full Y&R indicator set. Browse and filter indicators using the navigator, view each indicator card in detail, then build your own toolkit — a saved, shareable collection for your evaluation.
Find a project
Browse project-specific frameworks — Climate Change, DDD, Nutrition — or explore the full combined Y&R indicator set.
Read the project overview
Each project site includes a written overview of the research — its context, methodology, and scope. Read it before diving into indicators.
Browse indicators
Use the navigator and search to filter through indicators. Each indicator card surfaces the full data, definitions, and context.
Interactive preview
Indicator discovery
Search indicators
Filter across indicators by domain, theme, and key definition to find exactly what your evaluation or research context needs.
Structured navigation
Move through indicator sets with a purpose-built toolkit interface designed around evaluation and applied research workflows.
Shareable frameworks
Share toolkit links with your team or project partners for consistent, coordinated use of the same indicator framework.