Short Report HBSC Ireland: child well-being in Dublin City. Aoife Gavin, Colette Kelly, Michal Molcho and Saoirse Nic Gabhainn HBSC Ireland, Health Promotion Research Centre National University of Ireland, Galway April 2008 Introduction: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) is a cross-national research study conducted in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (European Office). The study runs on a four-year cycle and in 2006 there were 41 participating countries and regions across Europe and North America. HBSC collects data on key indicators of health, health attitudes and health behaviours, as well as the contexts of health for young people. The study is a school-based survey with information collected from students through self-completion questionnaires in classrooms. Further information on the International HBSC study can be found at www.hbsc.org . The most recent HBSC Ireland dataset comprises 10,344 children from 5th class in primary school to 5th year in post-primary schools. The methods employed comply with the International HBSC protocol and are detailed in the first national report from the 2006 survey, which can be found at www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc . Focus: This short report presents a brief analysis of the national well-being indicators for children 1 in the Dublin City area (D1 to D12 catchments). The analyses are broken down by age, social class and gender. The following indicators are included:  Children who report: feeling safe where they live; eat breakfast 5 or more days per week; that there are good places in their area to spend their free time; having 3 or more friends of the same gender; that students in their school participate in making the school rules; having their own pet, or a pet in the family; being physically active for at least 60 minutes 2 or more days per week; that they find it easy to talk to their mother about things that really bother them; find it easy to talk to their father about things that really bother them; feeling happy always 1 Office of the Minister for Children (2006). State of the nation’s children. Dublin: The Stationary Office.