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Rothstein, Frances R. – 1988
This report provides information on the age differences, demographic characteristics, employment status, poverty status, and educational status of displaced homemakers and single parents in Texas. These statistics are summarized in 26 tables or graphs that break down the data by variables. The study concludes with implications for program design…
Descriptors: Demography, Displaced Homemakers, Early Parenthood, Educational Attainment
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Direct linkGalvez-Myles, Rosa; Myles, Thomas D. – Journal of Rural Health, 2005
Purpose: This study compares rural and small-city teenage and adult pregnancies, with respect to complication rates and pregnancy outcomes. Methods: Chart review of Medicaid patients (513 teenage [under 20 years] and 174 adult controls [ages 25-34]) delivered (excluding multiple gestation) in Amarillo, Texas, from January 1999 to April 2001.…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Age Differences, Adolescents, Early Parenthood
Download full textTexas Kids Count Project, Austin. – 1994
As part of a nationwide effort to highlight the well-being of children in every state, Texas Kids Count is building a comprehensive database of indicators of child well-being to be used to produce annual data books and other analyses on the status of children in Texas. This report presents, county by county, data on several child well-being…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Hormuth, Pamela; Reid, Kristin; Saunders, Janine – 1997
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Texas' African American children. The statistical portrait is based on ten general areas of children's well being: (1) low birth weight babies; (2) prenatal care; (3) infant mortality; (4) child deaths; (5) births to single teens; (6) juvenile violent crime arrest rate; (7)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Hormuth, Pamela – 1998
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Texas' children. The statistical portrait is based on indicators in ten general areas of children's well being: (1) number of low birthweight babies; (2) rate of prenatal care; (3) infant mortality rates; (4) child death rates; (5) number of births to single teens; (6)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Hormuth, Pamela – 2000
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Texas' children. The statistical portrait is based on 15 indicators of children's well-being: (1) percent low birthweight babies; (2) percent mothers receiving little or no prenatal care; (3) infant mortality rate; (4) child death rate; (5) teen violent death rate; (6)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
