Free time, Friends and Future: a quality of life study with 8 years old children in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show some results of a project for the study and the measurement of well-being and quality of life of 590 boys and girls of 8 years old, living in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We use the International Survey of Children's Well-Being, with the intention of collecting information on the well-being of boys and girls. In this article we will focus on the results obtained for the dimensions: friends, use of free time, more about you and your life, facts of life and the future.The results showed that concerning friendship, 66% of the 8 years old boys and girls indicated to completely agree with respect to the kindness of their friends while 75% said that they have sufficient amount of friends. About the use of free time, half the 8-year-old boys and girls carry out after school activities nearly every day, and a quarter of them once or twice a week. About their life, the facts of their life, and their future, 80% of the 8-year-old boys and girls totally agree with the lives they lead, while 64,44% express that their lives are completely in accordance with what they want them to be. On the other hand, 86% completely agree to the fact that they have a good life. As to the question of having what they want from life, the percentage is 68%, while 77% assert that their lives are excellent.