Illinois Kids Count 2003: The Window of Opportunity.

Autor/in	Parente, Julie
Institution	Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago.
Titel	Illinois Kids Count 2003: The Window of Opportunity.
Quelle	(2003), (155 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Adolescents; Birth Weight; Births to Single Women; Child Abuse; Child Care; Child Health; Child Neglect; Child Support; Child Welfare; Children; Class Size; Counties; Demography; Disease Incidence; Dropout Rate; Early Parenthood; Educational Indicators; Elementary Secondary Education; Expenditure per Student; Family Income; Foster Care; Health Insurance; Health Needs; Housing Needs; Infant Mortality; Mortality Rate; Poverty; Preschool Education; Social Indicators; State Surveys; Tables (Data); Trend Analysis; Welfare Recipients; Well Being; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Kindesvernachlässigung; Kindeswohl; Klassengröße; Demografie; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Familieneinkommen; Pflegehilfe; Krankenversicherung; Kindersterblichkeit; Mortalitätsrate; Armut; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Tabelle; Trendanalyse; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	This Kids Count report examines trends in the well-being of Illinois' children. The statistical portrait is based on 25 indicators in the areas of family, economic security, education, safety, and health. The indicators are: (1) child population and births; (2) language spoken at home; (3) children in two-parent families; (4) grandparents raising grandchildren; (5) teen births; (6) children in foster care; (7) children with disabilities; (8) family income, self-sufficiency, child poverty, and TANF; (9) food stamp enrollment; (10) affordable housing; (11) child support; (12) employed parents; (13) unemployment; (14) early childhood education; (15) licensed child care; (16) class size; (17) per-pupil spending; (18) high school graduation rate; (19) health insurance coverage; (20) rates of vaccine-preventable diseases; (21) infant mortality; (22) low birth-weight babies; (23) child abuse and neglect; (24) child deaths; (25) lead poisoning. The first part of the report notes state trends and key findings for each indicator as well as definitions. The remainder and bulk of the report presents indicator data for each county. The data indicate improvement in indicators for child health care enrollment, children in foster care, and births to teen mothers. Indicators showing mixed progressno improvement for subgroups--are median income, children living in poverty, and infant mortality. Indicators in need of attention include health insurance coverage, assistance to working poor, unemployment, child care program quality, and graduation rates. (HTH)
Anmerkungen	Voices for Illinois Children, 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1490, Chicago, IL 60604-1103 ($12, "Voices" members; $15, nonmembers). Tel: 312-456-0600; Fax: 312-456-0088; e-mail: info@voices4kids.org; Web site: http://www.voices4kids.org. For full text: http://www.voices4kids.org/KC03.html.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC