California County Data Book 1997 [and] Report Card 1997. Challenges Ahead: Can Counties Make the Grade? A Children Now Report.

Autor/in	Pine, Amy
Institution	Children Now, Oakland, CA.
Titel	California County Data Book 1997 [and] Report Card 1997. Challenges Ahead: Can Counties Make the Grade? A Children Now Report.
Quelle	(1997), (174 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Birth Weight; Child Abuse; Child Health; Child Neglect; Child Support; Child Welfare; Children; Consumer Economics; Counties; Demography; Divorce; Dropout Rate; Early Parenthood; Educational Attainment; Elementary Secondary Education; Employed Parents; Enrollment; Expenditures; High School Graduates; Infant Mortality; Mortality Rate; Poverty; Prenatal Care; Racial Differences; Social Indicators; State Surveys; Statistical Surveys; Tables (Data); Trend Analysis; Unemployment; Violence; Well Being; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindesvernachlässigung; Kindeswohl; Konsumökonomie; Demografie; Ehescheidung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Einschulung; Ausgaben; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Kindersterblichkeit; Mortalitätsrate; Armut; Pränatale Versorgung; Rassenunterschied; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Statistische Erhebung; Tabelle; Trendanalyse; Arbeitslosigkeit; Gewalt; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Kalifornien
Abstract	This Kids Count data book and report card examines statewide and county level trends in the well-being of California's children, with an additional focus on indicators of the new economic realities encountered by families as counties take on greater responsibility for local welfare programs. The statistical portrait is based on indicators in the following 12 areas: (1) family economic realities; (2) family expenses and child support; (3) family health; (4) infant mortality; (5) teen births; (6) high school dropout rates; (7) high school graduates prepared for college; (8) K-12 education; (9) child abuse; (10) foster care; (11) gun-related incidents resulting in child injury or death; and (12) youth arrests. The report's introduction details serious limitations with the available data, discusses data interpretation, and presents recommendations for state and county officials and Californian citizens to improve conditions for California families. The bulk of the report contains state and county level fact sheets reporting on demographic information and the indicators throughout the 1990s. The California fact sheet indicates that although the state economy is booming, a large percentage of children are from low-income or extremely poor families. The infant mortality rate dropped considerably since 1990; however, birth outcomes have not improved. The teen birth rate decreased for all ethnic groups. There has been steady improvement in the high school dropout rate for all ethnic groups. After climbing steadily for 10 years, the child abuse rate leveled off in the last 2 years. The report's summary tables list state and countywide data for comparison purposes. (KB)
Anmerkungen	Children Now, 1212 Broadway, 5th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612; Tel: 800-244-5344 (Toll Free); Tel: 510-763-2444; Fax: 510-763-1974; Web site: www.childrennow.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC