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America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 1998 by Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, Washington, DC is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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This report presents nationwide data on the well-being of U.S. children. The statistical report is based on indicators of child well-being such as family income and mortality rates. The first part of the report, "Population and Family Characteristics," presents data that illustrate the changes that have taken place during the past few decades in six key demographic measures including children as a proportion of the U.S. population, family structure, and difficulty speaking English. The second part of the report, "Indicators of Children's Well-Being," presents data on 26 key indicators in the following areas: (1) "Economic Security," including family income, secure parental employment, housing, and access to health care; (2) "Health," including activity limitation, infant and child mortality rates, and immunization rates; (3) "Behavior and Social Environment," including substance abuse, and youth victims and perpetrators of serious violent crimes; (4) "Education," including family reading to young children, and youths neither enrolled in school nor working; and (5) "Special Features," which covers blood lead levels, and child care. For each background measure in the report's first

Author

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, Washington, DC

Publisher

National Maternal Child Health Clearinghouse, 2070 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 450, Vienna, VA 22182; phone: 703-356-1964; e-mail: [email protected] (single copies available while supplies last). World Wide Web: http://childstats.gov; U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780160496363

Subjects

Gender Studies, Science, Social_sciences