California: The State of Our Children. Report Card '96 [and] Supplement.

Institution	Children Now, Oakland, CA.
Titel	California: The State of Our Children. Report Card '96 [and] Supplement.
Quelle	(1996), (55 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Birth Weight; Births to Single Women; Child Health; Child Welfare; Children; Counties; Crime; Day Care; Delinquency; Demography; Early Parenthood; Economically Disadvantaged; Elementary Secondary Education; Foster Care; Homeless People; Immunization Programs; Infant Mortality; Infants; Mortality Rate; One Parent Family; Poverty; Preschool Education; Social Indicators; Socioeconomic Status; State Surveys; Statistical Surveys; Substance Abuse; Tables (Data); Trend Analysis; Unemployment; Violence; Well Being; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kindeswohl; Child; Kind; Kinder; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Tagespflege; Kriminalität; Demografie; Pflegehilfe; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Immunisierung; Kindersterblichkeit; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Mortalitätsrate; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Armut; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Statistische Erhebung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Tabelle; Trendanalyse; Arbeitslosigkeit; Gewalt; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Kalifornien
Abstract	This report card and its supplement summarize the California Kids Count data book for 1996, which profiled statewide trends in the well-being of California's children. The report card focuses on the challenges that families face in the current economy and provides recommendations for the public and private sectors. The supplement begins with an introduction to the indicators that have shown improved conditions and those that show conditions worsening since 1995. A of summary data findings highlights the areas of family economics, teen opportunity, safety, health, and education. Policy recommendations for improvement are also included. The next section provides summary data on the following benchmarks, including California and national trends: (1) child care; (2) homelessness/housing; (3) public assistance; (4) hungry children; (5) child support; (6) children in poverty; (7) college-bound seniors; (8) unemployed youth; (9) teen births; (10) drug and alcohol use; (11) incarcerated juveniles; (12) child abuse and neglect; (13) foster care; (14) drug exposed babies; (15) youth homicide; (16) infant mortality; (17) prenatal care; (18) immunization; (19) uninsured children; (20) use of nutrition program; (21) mental health; (22) smoking; (23) dropout rate; (24) preschool education; (25) student/teacher ratio; (26) per pupil expenditures; and (27) reading and math skills. The final section of the supplement consists of California county-by-county data charts. (SD)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC