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Peer reviewedCottle, Thomas J. – Children Today, 1990
A children's social health index calculated from six aspects of social health indicates that the social health of children is deteriorating in the areas of infant mortality, child abuse, child poverty, teenage suicide, and high school dropouts. (SH)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Dropout Rate, Drug Abuse
