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Knitzer, Jane; Bernard, Stanley – 1997
This report details current state efforts to promote responsible fatherhood, identifies and profiles specific strategies to encourage fathers to be responsible, and summarizes state father-related data. Chapter 1, "Setting the Context," provides a rationale for the policy interest in fathers and presents the methodology for the study.…
Descriptors: Child Support, Children, Employed Parents, Family Financial Resources
Download full textBenson, Carole, Ed. – 2003
This report is the seventh to present nation-wide data on the well-being of U.S. children. The statistical portrait is based on indicators of child well-being and on contextual measures describing the changing population and family context. Part 1 of the report, "Population and Family Characteristics," presents data that illustrate the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Nagle, Ami; And Others – 1994
This report presents a statistical look at the well-being of children in the state of Illinois, quantifying the problems confronting them and outlining steps that policymakers and service providers can take to improve the situation. The first part of the report summarizes the state's situation in the areas of education, health, special needs, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Child Advocacy, Child Health
Judge, Amy, Comp. – 2001
This data book provides statistics on a range of indicators that measure critical aspects of children's lives in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Statistics are provided in the following categories: (1) child health, including uninsured children, low birth weight babies, infant deaths, and immunizations; (2) child care and early…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Welfare
Maine Children's Alliance, Augusta. – 2000
This KIDS COUNT Report details statewide trends in the well-being of Maine's children. The statistical portrait is based on a variety of indicators in the areas of: (1) physical and mental health; (2) social and economic opportunity; (3) education and learning; and (4) child health care access. The report contains a special section on Maine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Geoghegan, Tracy – 2002
This report provides a comprehensive look at the challenges facing mothers and children during and after armed conflict. The examination is divided into the sections "Mothers in War,""Mothers Rebuilding," and "Call to Action." Key findings include the following: (1) the nature of war has changed dramatically in recent…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Children, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, Harrisburg. – 1997
This report profiles trends in state and federal spending for children in Pennsylvania from fiscal year (FY) 1989-1990 through 1995-1996, and highlights budgetary trends and the impact of federal welfare reform on selected children's health, nutrition, early care and education, elementary and secondary education, income support, and child welfare…
Descriptors: Budgets, Child Health, Child Support, Child Welfare
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1999
This data book provides statistics on a range of indicators that measure critical aspects of children's lives in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Statistics are provided in the following categories: (1) population and family characteristics (including number of children under age 18 and age 5, percentage of population under age…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Support
D.C. Kids Count Collaborative for Children and Families, Washington, DC. – 1998
This Kids Count report details trends in the well-being of the District of Columbia's children. Following an executive summary which describes overall findings, the bulk of the report presents the statistical portrait, based on nine areas of children's well-being: (1) general population trends; (2) economic security; (3) family attachment and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Health
D.C. Kids Count Collaborative for Children and Families, Washington, DC. – 1999
This Kids Count report details trends in the well-being of the District of Columbia's children. Following an executive summary, which describes overall findings, the bulk of the report presents the statistical portrait-based on eight areas of children's well-being: (1) general population trends; (2) economic security; (3) family attachment and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Health
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1998
This data book from the Children's Defense Fund includes statistics on a range of indicators that measure critical aspects of children's lives in each of the states and the United States as a whole. Statistics are provided in the following categories: (1) population and family characteristics (number of children under age 18 and age 6, number of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Support
D.C. Kids Count Collaborative for Children and Families, Washington, DC. – 2000
This KIDS COUNT report details trends in the well-being of children in the District of Columbia. Following an executive summary describing overall findings, the report presents the statistical portrait based on eight areas of children's well-being: (1) general population trends; (2) economic security; (3) family attachment and community support;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Health
Kids Count in Michigan, Lansing. – 1995
This Michigan Kids Count data book for 1995 describes the condition of children in each of Michigan's 83 counties. The first part of the report explores the status of the children in five areas of child well-being: (1) Economic Security; (2) Child Health; (3) Child Safety; (4) Teens at Risk; and (5) Education. The discussion presents an overview…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children
Baker, Brenda; Familia, Yahaira; Gifford, Amy; Knowlton, Gretchen; Matakis, Brian; Olson, Melissa; Owens, Tracy; Zasadny, Julie – 2000
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Illinois' children. The statistical portrait is based on indicators in the areas of family, education and child care, arts and recreation, safety, health, and economic security. The indicators are: (1) percent of children living in poverty; (2) number of children enrolled in…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse, Child Health
D.C. Kids Count Collaborative for Children and Families, Washington, DC. – 1997
This Kids Count fact book is the fourth to report on the well-being of children and youth in the District of Columbia. The report's Executive Summary presents overall findings, and the bulk of the report presents trends in eight areas: (1) economic security; (2) family attachment and community support; (3) child day care; (4) homeless children and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
