SZANSE I ZAGROŻENIA DZIECI I MŁODZIEŻY SZKOLNEJ W OBSZARZE WYCHOWANIA I ROZWOJU W WOJEWÓDZTWIE ŚLĄSKIM

Regionalny Ośrodek Polityki Społecznej Województwa Śląskiego Abstract: The article presents the results of the study "Risks and Opportunities of children and youths living in the Silesian Voivodeship in the area of education and development ". The studies were carried out in November 2009 on a representative sample of mothers of school-age children (7–18 years) by a face-to-face interview (PAPI). The purpose of the study was to obtain information on the key aspects of the lives of children and youths, as well as to estimate, based on the index of opportunities and threats, the percentage of children and youths brought up in "opportunity families" “risk families” and in the category named "intermediate".