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Download full textVentura, Stephanie J.; Martin, Joyce A.; Curtin, Sally C.; Menacker, Fay; Hamilton, Brady E. – 2001
This report presents data on U.S. births using information from the birth certificates of the 3.96 million births in 1999. Data are presented for maternal demographics (age, live-birth order, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, and educational attainment); maternal characteristics (medical risk factors, weight gain, tobacco use, and alcohol…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Order, Birth Rate, Birth Weight
Harrington, Ann-Marie, Ed.; Walsh, Catherine Boisvert, Ed.; Bryant, Elizabeth Burke, Ed. – Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Issue Brief, 1997
This report of the Rhode Island Kids Count organization details the state's infant and preschool child care, components of quality care, and state policies to increase the supply of quality care. The report begins with a discussion of the importance of providing good quality child care to enhance healthy child development, especially brain…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Effects
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. – 1999
This KIDS COUNT report presents statistics highlighting challenges faced by newborns and their parents in major urban areas. Data came from birth certificates. Overall, children living in central cities are far more likely to experience six risks associated with negative child outcomes, and when those six factors are used collectively to determine…
Descriptors: Age Differences, At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Welfare
