Children in the States Data Book, 1998.

Institution	Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC.
Titel	Children in the States Data Book, 1998.
Quelle	(1998), (115 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Adolescents; Birth Weight; Child Abuse; Child Support; Child Welfare; Children; Day Care; Demography; Early Childhood Education; Early Parenthood; Economic Status; Employed Parents; Federal Programs; Foster Care; Health Insurance; Infant Mortality; Mothers; Poverty; Prenatal Care; State Norms; Statistical Surveys; Tables (Data); Violence; Welfare Recipients; Welfare Services; Well Being; Youth Problems; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindeswohl; Tagespflege; Demografie; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Pflegehilfe; Krankenversicherung; Kindersterblichkeit; Mother; Mutter; Armut; Pränatale Versorgung; Statistische Erhebung; Tabelle; Gewalt; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; USA
Abstract	This data book from the Children's Defense Fund includes statistics on a range of indicators that measure critical aspects of children's lives in each of the states and the United States as a whole. Statistics are provided in the following categories: (1) population and family characteristics (number of children under age 18 and age 6, number of children between ages 6-17, children in foster care, births to unmarried mothers); (2) economic security and federal program participation (median income, change in welfare recipients, food stamps, women, infants, and children (WIC) program, children who are poor, percent collection of child support); (3) health and disabilities (prenatal care, low birth weight, infant mortality, immunizations, health insurance, Medicaid, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) program, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program); (4) child care and early childhood education (mothers in labor force with children under 6 and under 17, Head Start, extended-day school programs, licensed child care centers, regulated family or group care homes); (5) youth development (teen birth rate, deaths from guns, unemployment rate); and (6) Every day in [specific state], which presents statistics such as "Every day in America 14 children are killed by firearms." Concludes with data sources. (EV)
Anmerkungen	CDF Publications, P.O. Box 90500, Washington, DC 20090-0500; phone: 202-628-8787; fax: 202-662-3510.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC