As part of its analysis function, the National Centre also carries out research and surveys aiming at further understanding both the living conditions of children, through the collection of data and information, and the evolution of some significant phenomena.
The research activity concerns, in particular, aspects of the lives of children on which information is lacking. . Over the years, various social research strategies have been used by collecting relevant examples of survey activities of a census and sample nature and often using focus group techniques and interviews with special witnesses.
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The sample survey on the placement of children and young people in family foster care and in residential facilities for minors, promoted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy during 2017, seeks to focus on the quantitative...
Notebook 64 of the National Centre reports the results of a sample survey on the well-being of pre-adolescents and adolescents promoted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies with the collaboration of the...
What thoughts and perceptions do children and young people have about their rights and in particular about their right to have an active role in the different areas of their daily lives? With the aim of developing reflection and...
The Extraordinary Plan for developing socio-educational services for young children is an initiative to create a regional system that increases the number of existing services and renews the collaboration between the institutions of the...
In 2004, the National Centre launched activities to promote social policies aimed at supporting the family, which provide – as set out in Law 149/2001 – for the implementation of forms of assistance to ensure that the minor stays with...
The regional centres and observatories for children and adolescents were set up to meet the need for a comprehensive overview of the situation involving children and adolescents in the implementation of Law 451/1997.
In this...
The issue of child prostitution in our country has several grey areas, mainly due to the fact that the numbers seem to be growing but are in fact ‘denied’ and under-reported. In order to raise awareness of this reality, in terms of the...
The study Percorsi di vita: dall’infanzia all’età adulta (Life paths: from childhood to adult age) was carried out in accordance with the 2003-2004 National Action Plan for the protection of the rights and development of...
The research published in Quaderno 38 and coordinated by Marina D'Amato investigates the relationship between children and the media and the influence which the latter have on the upbringing and education of children.
It is...