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Farber, Wendy; Burgess, Beth – 2002
This KIDS COUNT report examines trends in the well-being of Vermont's youth. The report balances at-risk youth data with survey results related to "positive youth development," an approach that promotes beneficial attributes of youth and their communities. Following an introduction and discussion of positive youth development and youth…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Delinquency
Alaska Univ., Anchorage. Inst. of Social and Economic Research. – 1997
This second annual Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Alaska's children. The statistical portrait is based on key indicators in six areas: (1) early childhood, including prenatal care, infant mortality, and children with developmental disabilities; (2) economic well-being, including children living in poverty and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Blacks
Nebraska Univ. Medical Center, Omaha. – 1995
While a vast majority of children in Nebraska are experiencing a safe, healthy, and nurturing childhood, a significant number are not, and some of these numbers are growing. This Kids Count report is the third annual comprehensive review of available data in nine areas of child health and well-being in the state. Presented with these statistics…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Won, Sandra, Ed. – 2001
This report on the well-being of America's children focuses on the need for renewed commitment to children by all sectors of society. The foreword to the report exhorts governors to lead a culture change and show that states can more efficiently help their own children. This section also describes the mission of the Leave No Child Behind movement,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Child Health
Delaware Univ., Newark. Kids Count in Delaware. – 1995
This Kids Count fact book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Delaware's children. The statistical portrait is based on key indicators in four areas: single-parent families, births to teenage mothers, juvenile crime and violence, and education. Following brief sections on the state's demographics and economic status, the fact book…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Births to Single Women, Children, Crime
Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, DC. – 1991
Statistics are presented for eight measures of child and adolescent health, education, and social and economic well-being in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Indicators measured were: (1) percent low birth weight babies; (2) infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births); (3) child death rate ages 1-14 (per 100,000 children); (4)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Health, Children
Brown, Brett; Kirby, Gretchen; Botsko, Christopher – 1997
During the 1990s, an increasing number of states have become interested in social indicators as basic tools of governance. Many states have been working aggressively to develop programs and initiatives that make systematic use of social indicators, and to develop the underlying data system to measure and track such indicators. This report reviews…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Behavior, Child Health, Child Welfare
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies--The Montana Coalition, Helena. – 1996
This 1996 KIDS COUNT data book presents comparative data on child well-being for each county in Montana and for the state as a whole. Data in the county profiles, which comprise the bulk of the report, are grouped into: background facts (demographic, mental health, education, security, and income support information); charts showing changes in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse, Child Health
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Kentucky Youth Advocates, Inc., Louisville. – 1995
This data book presents findings of the Kids Count project on current conditions faced by Kentucky children age birth through 19. For each county, and for the state, comparisons are provided between the base years of 1980-1982 and the most recent years 1992-1994. Counties are ranked against each other and trend graphs are provided for the studied…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Massachusetts Campaign for Children, Boston. – 1996
This Kids Count report presents statewide trends between 1988 and 1996 in the well-being of Massachusetts' children. The statistical portrait indicator areas and topics examined include: demographics (children as percent of population, children by race/ethnicity, students whose first language is not English); economic well-being (percent of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Welfare
Hawaii Kids Count, Honolulu. – 1996
This KIDS COUNT statistical report is the second to examine indicators of children's well-being in Hawaii. The bulk of the report is comprised of the indicator results and is divided into four major sections: (1) family composition and resources, including children in poverty, children in single parent families, births to single teens, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Health, Children, Dropout Rate
North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks. North Dakota Kids Count. – 1994
While many children across North Dakota enjoy positive life circumstances which support their healthy growth and development, many other children do not. This Kids Count factbook contains data on indicators intended to highlight the condition of North Dakota children from prenatal through adolescent stages of development; these indicators include…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse, Child Health
Ingraham, Sandy – 1996
This data book presents findings of the Kids Count Project on current conditions faced by Oklahoma children age birth through 18. This second annual factbook organizes state and county data over a period of time to enable conditions for children in each county to be compared and ranked. The benchmark indicators studied include low birthweight…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
O'Hare, William P. – 2003
This Kids Count data book examines national and statewide trends in the well being of the nation's children. Statistical portraits are based on 10 indicators of well being: (1) percent of low birth weight babies; (2) infant mortality rate; (3) child death rate; (4) rate of teen deaths by accident, homicide, and suicide; (5) teen birth rate; (6)…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Welfare
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1997
This report from the Children's Defense Fund lists statistics on child and youth well-being for each of the states and the United States as a whole. Statistics are provided in the following categories: (1) children participating in federally subsidized programs (including Title 1 Education for the Disadvantaged, bilingual education programs,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Breakfast Programs, Child Abuse
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