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Blanchard, Troy C.; Bartkowski, John P.; Matthews, Todd L.; Kerley, Kent R. – Social Forces, 2008
Although the past decade has witnessed increased usage of ecological data to map the community-level effects of religion, the vast majority of studies in this body of scholarship continue to be plagued by two key shortcomings. First, ecological research on religion is often conducted in an atheoretical manner, one that privileges the structural…
Descriptors: Protestants, Religion, Research Methodology, Religious Factors
Frost, Norman – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Information concerning educational conditions in the southern Appalachian region is scattered, fragmentary, and often partisan to the assumption either that conditions are ideal or that they are inconceivably bad. The purpose of this study is to draw together the available facts in the case. Necessarily, this study is largely statistical. The…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Topography, Counties, Geographic Regions
Illinois State Dept. of Public Health, Springfield. – 1998
In an effort to highlight the importance of identifying children who have been lead poisoned, the Illinois Department of Public Health produces its surveillance report to alert the community to the geographical risk of lead poisoning and to report on screening results. The hope is that increased public awareness will result in less harm to…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Community Characteristics, Counties
Illinois State Dept. of Public Health, Springfield. – 2001
In order to highlight the importance of identifying children with elevated blood lead levels, the Illinois Department of Public Health produces its surveillance report to present state and county level data on the number of children screened for and identified with lead poisoning. In Illinois, all children between 6 and 84 months of age must be…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Children, Community Characteristics
Illinois State Dept. of Public Health, Springfield. – 2002
In order to highlight the importance of identifying children with elevated blood lead levels, the Illinois Department of Public Health produces its surveillance report to present state and county level data on the number of children screened for and identified with lead poisoning. In Illinois, all children between 6 and 84 months of age must be…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Safety, Children, Community Characteristics
Illinois State Dept. of Public Health, Springfield. – 2000
In order to highlight the importance of identifying children with elevated blood lead levels, the Illinois Department of Public Health produces its surveillance report to present state and county level data on the number of children screened for and identified with lead poisoning. In Illinois, all children between 6 and 84 months of age must be…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Health, Children, Community Characteristics
Kids Count--South Dakota, Vermillion. – 1995
The South Dakota Kids Count Project began in 1993 with a grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The goal is to improve the collection of national, state, and local data on the well-being of children in a way that increases awareness of their situation and provides the means to address their needs. South Dakota Kids Count tracks children using…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Welfare