초록/요약

Community efforts to improve children's quality of life can begin with the accurate identification of the actual condtions of children. The demand for advancement of child and youth policy is increasing in response to today's changes in the socio-economic environment and legislative requests that emphasize child-centered rights protection, but it is questionable whether the survey to provide the basis for child policy development is being done in a way that reflects subjective experiences in children's lives. In this study, the limitations of the existing survey on children were diagnosed based on the need for data-based child policy development. Inadequate access to qualitative research was identified as the main problem, such as being biased toward quantitative research or constructing items from the supplier's point of view. As an alternative method to overcome this, the requirements for a data-based comprehensive survey on child welfare were considered. Content requirements include (1) a qualitative research that reflects children's subjective experiences in depth, (2) the establishment of a structured knowledge system for child policy, (3) the preparation for use in customized policies through typification, and (4) the discovery of new indicators. Methodological requirements include (1) the application of knowledge management methodology that objectifies subjective factors, (2) the application of standardized research method, (3) the reinforcement of in-depth research, (4) the introduction of web-based survey method, (5) the responsive qualitative research , and (6) a survey considering step-by-step supplementation. Based on these requirements, a comprehensive survey of children model was devised so that all local governments in Korea aiming to create a child-friendly city can actually apply it. The contents and sequence of key matters to be carried out in each step of the survey were specifically designed, and the utility of the model was addressed. Discussing the comprehensive survey model for children presented in this study is meaningful in that it provides a turning point in which the results of the survey can be effectively utilized as base data for child policy by proposing a standardized method centered on a qualitative survey. In addition, as a model for the advancement of surveys that embodies problems and solutions from the perspective of data management, it can be used as a guide for improvement of the contents and methodologies of other surveys conducted for various policy purposes. It is hoped that the data-based comprehensive survey on child welfare will contribute to the establishment of policy directions to improve the quality of life of individual children from the nearest place where children have established themselves.