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Peer reviewedMenanteau-Horta, Dario; Yigzaw, Michael – Child Welfare, 2002
Analyzed the relationship between elements of child welfare and an index of social well-being in Minnesota counties. Found that all except two rural counties and only two urban counties had negative social well-being scores. Counties with low social well-being scores tended to have larger numbers of child welfare recipients. Findings suggest that…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Community Development, Community Needs
Download full textCoffin, Linda – 2000
This Kids Count data book examines trends in the well-being of Minnesota's children. The statistical portrait is based on 11 indicators of child well-being: (1) child poverty rate; (2) children receiving free or reduced-price school lunch; (3) children in families receiving food stamps; (4) births to teenage mothers; (5) low birth weight rates;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health
Kids Count Minnesota, Minneapolis. – 1999
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Minnesota's children. The statistical portrait is based on 12 indicators of well-being: (1) child poverty rate; (2) children in families receiving food stamps; (3) children eligible for free or reduced-price school lunch; (4) births to teenage mothers; (5) low birth weight…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Children's Report Card, 1999: Measuring Minnesota's Progress for Children and Youth. Summary Report.
Walter, Amy – 1999
Minnesota Planning developed the Children's Report Card in 1994 to help the state and its 87 counties gauge the well-being of Minnesota's children and youth. The report was created as an extension of Minnesota Milestones, a long-range plan for the state and a tool to measure results which was developed by Minnesota Planning in 1992. For the first…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse
Coffin, Linda – 2001
This KIDS COUNT data book examines trends in the well-being of Minnesota's children. The statistical portrait is based on 12 indicators of child well-being: (1) children in poverty; (2) children in families receiving food stamps; (3) children receiving free or reduced-price school lunch; (4) children born to teenage mothers; (5) children born at…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Coffin, Linda – 2003
This KIDS COUNT data book examines trends in the well-being of Minnesotas children. The statistical portrait is based on 11 indicators of child well-being: (1) children living in poverty; (2) children in families receiving food stamps; (3) children receiving free or reduced-price school lunch; (4) children born to teenage mothers; (5) children…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Coffin, Linda – 2002
This KIDS COUNT data book examines trends in the well-being of Minnesota's children. The statistical portrait is based on 11 indicators of child well-being: (1) children living in poverty; (2) children in families receiving food stamps; (3) children receiving free or reduced-price school lunch; (4) children born to teenage mothers; (5) children…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
