The Status of Children in Oregon. 1996 Report Card.

Institution	Children First for Oregon, Portland.
Titel	The Status of Children in Oregon. 1996 Report Card.
Quelle	(1996), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Academic Achievement; Benchmarking; Birth Weight; Births to Single Women; Child Abuse; Child Neglect; Children; Crime; Demography; Dropout Rate; Early Parenthood; Elementary Secondary Education; Family (Sociological Unit); Health Insurance; Housing; One Parent Family; Poverty; Preschool Education; Social Indicators; State Surveys; Statistical Surveys; Substance Abuse; Suicide; Well Being; Oregon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindesvernachlässigung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Demografie; Familie; Krankenversicherung; Unterkunft; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Armut; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Statistische Erhebung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Selbstmord; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	This Kids Count report card gives an overall account of statewide trends in the well-being of Oregon's children. The statistical report is based on 18 indicators of child well being: (1) childhood poverty; (2) health uninsured; (3) percentage of court-ordered child support paid; (4) affordable housing; (5) infant mortality rate; (6) low birthweight infants; (7) child care supply; (8) immunization rate; (9) confirmed child abuse and neglect cases; (10) child deaths; (11) crimes against persons; (12) teen pregnancy rate; (13) substance abuse rate; (14) juvenile arrest rate; (15) teen suicide attempts; (16) reading and math achievement; (17) high school dropout rate; and (18) percentage of high school students with significant involvement in professional-technical education. Overall results indicate that Oregon's grade worsened from a "C" to a "C-" in 1996. Modest improvement has been made in child care supply, infant mortality, and health uninsured, but there have been increases in the high school dropout rate, juvenile arrests, teen pregnancy, and suicide attempts. Only two of the statewide policy targets set in 1990 have been met, infant mortality and child care supply. The report also describes the Children First organization, its linkages with businesses and schools, and its citizen legislative agenda targeting families, education, comprehensive health care, and safe communities. (KDFB)
Anmerkungen	Children First for Oregon, 921 SW Morrison, Suite 418, Portland, OR 97205; phone: 800-544-0376; fax: 503-294-1806; e-mail: HN3156@handsnet.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC