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Download full textIdaho KIDS COUNT Project, Boise. – 1995
This Kids Count data book examines county and statewide trends of Idaho children's well-being. The statistical profile is based on 14 indicators: (1) children under age 18 in poverty; (2) children in single parent families; (3) births with adequate prenatal care; (4) infant mortality rate; (5) births to mothers age 10 to 19 without prenatal care;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health
Idaho KIDS COUNT Project, Boise. – 1997
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Idaho's children. The statistical portrait is based on 15 indicators of child and family well-being: (1) poverty; (2) single parent families; (3) infant mortality; (4) low birth weight babies; (5) percent of all mothers not receiving adequate prenatal care; (6) mothers ages…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Births to Single Women
Vermont Children's Forum, Montpelier. – 1996
This Kids Count report details statewide trends in the well-being of Vermont's children. The statistical portrait is based on 30 indicators of well-being: (1) population; (2) racial and ethnic diversity; (3) median family income; (4) working mothers; (5) single-parent families; (6) child poverty; (7) children receiving ANFC; (8) children receiving…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Hudgins, Elizabeth; Naimark, Dana Wolfe – 2000
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends between 1990 and 1998 in the well-being of Arizona's children. The statistical portrait is based on several indicators of well-being, including: (1) children in poverty; (2) babies born at risk; (3) children in families receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF); (4) children in…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Voices for Children in Nebraska, Omaha. – 1997
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Nebraska's children. The statistical portrait is based on seven general areas of children's well-being: (1) early care and education; (2) physical and behavioral health; (3) child abuse, neglect, and domestic violence; (4) out of home care; (5) education; (6) economic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Bryant, Elizabeth Burke, Ed.; And Others – 1997
This Kids Count report examined statewide trends in the well-being of Rhode Island's children. Five chapters addressed the areas of: family and community; economic well-being; child health; safety; and education. The statistical portrait is based on 26 indicators of well-being: (1) children in single parent families; (2) median household income;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Children's Action Alliance, Phoenix, AZ. – 1996
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Arizona's children. The statistical portrait is based on 18 indicators of well-being: (1) prenatal care rate; (2) incidence of low birth weight infants; (3) immunization rate for 2-year-olds; (4) availability of state-approved child care spaces; (5) availability of preschool…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health
Shulman, Shanna – 1997
This 1997 Kids Count report examines challenges to Colorado children and youth and how prevention and early intervention can enhance their well-being. The report includes a summary of recent research on brain development and the importance of early experience and stimulation in early intervention programs. The levels of state funding for various…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Tennessee State Commission on Children and Youth, Nashville. – 1998
This Kids Count report examines regional differences in the well being of Tennessee's children. The statistical portrait is based on 16 health, social, and economic indicators of child well being: (1) percent of population enrolled in TennCare, state health insurance program; (2) percent of births lacking adequate prenatal care; (3) percent of low…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Custody, Child Health
Wyoming P.A.R.E.N.T., Laramie. – 1996
This Kids Count report details statewide trends in the well-being of Wyoming's children. The first part of the report provides a statistical portrait based on seven indicators of well-being for the year 1994: (1) prenatal care; (2) percent low birth-weight babies; (3) births to teens; (4) infant mortality rate; (5) child death rate; (6) teen…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Health
Thompson, Anne, Ed. – 1997
This Kids Count report examines statewide trends between 1990 and 1996 in the well-being of Arizona's children. The statistical portrait is based on 16 indicators of well-being: (1) prenatal care; (2) incidence of low birth weight; (3) state-approved child care spaces; (4) comprehensive preschool services; (5) lack of health insurance; (6) infant…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Kentucky Kids Count Consortium. – 1997
This Kids Count data book examines trends in the well-being of Kentucky's children on a statewide and county basis. An introduction summarizes some of the trends for Kentucky's children in the 1990s. The bulk of the report presents statewide and county data grouped into five categories: (1) poverty rates and programs (persons in poverty; median…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
West Virginia Kids Count Fund, Charleston. – 1998
This Kids Count data book examines statewide and county trends in the well-being of West Virginia's children. Following a summary which describes overall findings, the bulk of the report presents the statistical portrait, based on 12 indicators of well-being: (1) percent of low birth weight babies; (2) infant mortality rate; (3) child death rate;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, Providence. – 1995
This KIDS COUNT report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Rhode Island's children. Five chapters address the areas of family and community, economic well-being, child health, safety, and education. The statistical portrait is based on 20 indicators of well-being: (1) children in single parent families; (2) median household income; (3)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Tennessee State Commission on Children and Youth, Nashville. – 1992
This Kids Count report is the first to examine the well being of Tennessee's children. The statistical portrait is based on 17 indicators of child well being: (1) children in single-parent families; (2) family income; (3) children living in poverty; (4) children in families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); (5) percent of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Health
