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Ventura, Stephanie J.; Bachrach, Christine A. – National Vital Statistics Reports, 2000
This report presents information on trends and variations in nonmarital childbearing in the United States and includes information on the factors that have contributed to the recent changes. Data are presented for 1940-1999 with emphasis on the trends in the 1990s. Data are presented on a variety of measures of nonmarital childbearing, including…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Births to Single Women, Children, Family Structure
Ayers, William, Ed.; Lyon, Gabrielle, Ed.; McKinney, Gina, Ed.; O'Brien, James, Ed.; Quinn, Therese, Ed. – Democracy & Education, 1998
Articles in this theme issue explore the state of children and youth at the end of the millennium. Imagination and the arts, ethnographic and interpretive exploration, and traditional social science investigations are used to consider the meaning of childhood and what life is like for children today. The articles are: (1) "Children at…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Childhood Needs, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Hechinger, Fred M. – Carnegie Quarterly, 1994
Nearly one million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 are victims of violent crimes each year, and this has been true since at least 1985. Children are becoming involved in violence at ever younger ages, both as victims and as perpetrators. The threat of firearms is the greatest concern in adolescent violence, but no single factor can be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Conflict Resolution, Curriculum Development