Kids Count Alaska Data Book, 1998-99.

Sonst. Personen	Leask, Linda (Hrsg.)
Institution	Alaska Univ., Anchorage. Inst. of Social and Economic Research.
Titel	Kids Count Alaska Data Book, 1998-99.
Quelle	(1999), (171 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Adolescents; Alaska Natives; Asian Americans; Blacks; Child Abuse; Child Neglect; Child Welfare; Children; Demography; Dropout Rate; Early Parenthood; Elementary Secondary Education; Juvenile Justice; Mortality Rate; One Parent Family; Poverty; Social Indicators; Substance Abuse; Tables (Data); Trend Analysis; Violence; Well Being; Whites; Youth Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Inuit; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Black person; Schwarzer; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindesvernachlässigung; Kindeswohl; Demografie; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Mortalitätsrate; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Armut; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Tabelle; Trendanalyse; Gewalt; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; White; Weißer
Abstract	This Kids Count Data Book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Alaska's children. The statistical portrait is based on key indicators in six areas: (1) infancy, including prenatal care, low birth weight, and infant mortality; (2) economic well-being, including children living in poverty, children in single-parent households, and births to teenagers; (3) education, including dropout rates, teens not in school and not working, and children with disabilities at school; (4) child safety, including child death rate, teen violent death rate, and child abuse and neglect; (5) juvenile crime, including juvenile violent crime; and (6) health risks, including substance abuse and sexual activity. Following an introduction providing census information and a focus on early brain development, the report details the indicators in the areas mentioned above. A section of resources, including books, programs, and legislation, concludes the report, along with documentation of each of the indicators. Among the findings, the report indicates that: Alaska fared better than the national average in percentage of babies with low birth weight, percentage of children living in poverty, juvenile arrests for violent crime, and births to teens; Alaska fared at or near the national average for infant mortality rate, percent of single-parent families, percent of teens who drop out, percent of teens out of school and not working, and percent of children whose parents do not work full time; and Alaska fared worse that the national average for child death rate and teen violent death rate. (HTH)
Anmerkungen	University of Alaska-Anchorage, Institute of Social and Economic Research, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508. Tel: 907-786-7710; Web site: http://www.kidscount.alaska.edu.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC