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Download full textFederal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2021
This year's Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics' (Forum) report provides the Nation with carefully selected key national indicators of children's well-being and monitors changes in these indicators. The purposes of this report are to improve reporting of Federal data on children and families; make the most relevant data on the…
Descriptors: Well Being, Family Environment, Social Environment, Economic Factors
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2019
This report is a compendium of indicators about the Nation's young people. This report, the 23rd produced by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (Forum), presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most reliable Federal statistics, are easily understood by broad…
Descriptors: Well Being, Family Environment, Social Environment, Economic Factors
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2022
The 33rd edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT® Data Book describes how children in America are in the midst of a mental health crisis, struggling with anxiety and depression at unprecedented levels. This year's publication continues to present national and state data across four domains -- economic well-being, education, health…
Descriptors: Social Indicators, Child Development, Children, Adolescents
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2021
The 32nd edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's "KIDS COUNT Data Book" describes how children across the United States were faring before -- and during -- the coronavirus pandemic. This year's publication continues to deliver the Foundation's annual state rankings and the latest available data on child well-being. It identifies…
Descriptors: Social Indicators, Child Development, Children, Adolescents
Peer reviewedHardy, Janet B.; Duggan, Anne K. – American Journal of Public Health, 1988
Describes fathers whose children were born to teenage mothers in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1983. These fathers were at a serious educational and financial disadvantage when compared to fathers whose partners were aged 20 or above. White teenage fathers had lower educational attainment than Black; many more Black teenage fathers were unmarried than…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Early Parenthood, Educational Attainment
Direct linkHolcombe, Emily; Peterson, Kristen; Manlove, Jennifer; Scarupa, Harriet J., Ed. – Child Trends, 2009
In 2002, Child Trends drew on statistics and research findings to produce a report called "Ten Reasons to Keep the Focus on Teen Childbearing." That report took note of the steady decline in the nation's teenage pregnancy and childbearing rates, beginning in 1991, while citing multiple reasons to continue to be concerned about teen childbearing.…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Pregnancy, Early Parenthood, Adolescents
Peer reviewedStoddard, Ann H. – Negro Educational Review, 1989
Reviews studies of adolescent pregnancy since 1982 and relates them to a study of teen pregnancy in Duval County (Florida). Discusses incidence, causes and health, social and economic consequences. (FMW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Mothers, Early Parenthood, Minority Groups
UNICEF, 2014
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, this edition of "The State of the World's Children" calls for brave and fresh thinking to address age-old problems that still affect the world's most disadvantaged children. The report is inspired by the work of innovators around the world--who are pushing…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Childrens Rights, World Problems
Cook, Traci; Blachman, Dara; Dye, Jane; Macartney, Suzanne; Lukacs, Susan; Howie, LaJeana; Kena, Grace; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Truman, Jennifer; Cotto, Jessica; Jekielek, Susan; Mueggenborg, Mary; Coleman-Jensen, Alisha; Denton, Stephanie; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Knighton, Cindi; Han, Beth; O'Connell, Kellie; Guenther, Patricia; Hiza, Hazel; Kuczynski, Kevin; Koegel, Kristin; Radel, Laura – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2011
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011" is a compendium of indicators depicting both the promises and the challenges confronting our Nation's young people. The report, the 15th in an ongoing series, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most…
Descriptors: Adoption, Social Indicators, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Greenwich, CT. – 1994
The Kids Count project is an effort to track the status of children in the United States on a state-by-state basis. The benchmark figures presented give policymakers a clearer picture of the educational, social, economic, and physical well-being of children. High rates of child poverty and births to single teens continue in the United States, and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Early Parenthood, Economic Factors
South Carolina State Dept. of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia. – 1983
This publication examines in detail the problem of teenage pregnancy in South Carolina. Following the executive summary and a listing of eight recommendations based on the report, chapter 1 presents tables of selected vital statistics related to teen pregnancy in South Carolina. All statistics are shown by county and by Department of Health and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth, Contraception, Early Parenthood
Won, Sandra, Ed. – 2000
This report on the well-being of America's children focuses on the need for commitment to children by all sectors of society. The report's foreword describes the current situation for poor children in America, compares U.S. policies to those of other industrialized countries, presents the Action Agenda to Leave No Child Behind for 2000-2001, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1999
This report on the well-being of America's children highlights the critical need for renewed commitment to children by all sectors of society. The introduction describes health and educational outcomes for poor children and maintains that preparing all of the nation's children for the future and protecting them in the present is the greatest human…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
Moore, Kristin, Comp.; And Others – 1995
This fact sheet contains data on teen pregnancy. The folowing information is provided: teen birth rate, 1960-1992; number of births to teens, 1960-1992; percent of non-marital teen births, 1960-1992; births to unmarried women, by age group, 1992; international comparison on teen birth rate; abortion rate among U.S. teens, 1973-1990; pregnancy…
Descriptors: Abortions, Adolescents, Birth Rate, Early Parenthood
Flanigan, Christine – 2001
Noting that rates of teen pregnancies and births have declined over the past decade, this analysis examined how much of the progress is due to fewer teens having sex and how much to lower rates of pregnancy among sexually active teens. The analysis drew on data from the federal government's National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), a large,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Rate, Births to Single Women, Contraception
