This section of State of the Nation's Children (SONC) provides information on children’s health outcomes; educational outcomes; and social, emotional and behavioural outcomes. This includes, for example, smoking; alcohol and cannabis use; births to teenage girls; health conditions and hospitalisation; educational attainment; and self-reported happiness.

Data are drawn from the CSO (Vital Statistics); the Health Behaviour of School aged Children (HBSC) surveys; the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) surveys; the National Intellectual Disability Database; the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database; the National Perinatal Reporting System; the Healthcare Pricing Office; the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative; the National Suicide Research Foundation; the Department of Education and Skills (DES); DCEDIY; and Tusla.

Social, emotional and behavioural outcomes p.33

• Participation in decision-making p.34
• Reading as a leisure activity p.36
• Smoking cigarettes: weekly smoking p.37
• Smoking cigarettes: never smoking p.40
• Alcohol use: drunkenness p.43
• Alcohol use: never drinking p.46
• Cannabis Use p.49