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Download full textDC Action for Children, 2017
DC KIDS COUNT tracks indicators of child well-being at the neighborhood and Ward level, so that parents, service providers, advocates and policymakers can see outcomes for children more clearly. The DC KIDS COUNT Data Tool 2.0 allows the user to explore neighborhood-level data interactively. However, because DC is organized politically by its…
Descriptors: Children, Well Being, Neighborhoods, Trend Analysis
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2010
The broad array of data presented each year in the "KIDS COUNT Data Book" is intended to illuminate the status of America's children and to assess trends in their well-being. By updating the assessment every year, KIDS COUNT provides ongoing benchmarks that can be used to see how states have advanced or regressed over time. Readers can also use…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Tables (Data), Young Children, Profiles
Blachman, Dara; Laughlin, Lynda; Lukacs, Susan; Pastor, Patricia; Howie, LaJeana; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Baum, Katrina; Lopez, Marsha; Jekielek, Susan; Nord, Mark; Morisi, Teri; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Colpe, Lisa; Fungwe, Thomas; Ghandour, Reem – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2009
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being" provides annual updates on the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. A more detailed report alternates every other year with a condensed version that highlights selected indicators. This year, the Forum is publishing the full report…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Well Being, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Boruch, Robert F.; Wohlstetter, Priscilla – Contemporary Education Review, 1983
The "Condition of Education" is an annual statistical report about education in the United States. This review describes and comments on the publication's data selection data presentation, prose interpretation, and the quality of the statistics. Options for improving the publication are discussed. (BW)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Indicators, Federal Programs, Graphs
PDF pending restorationJohnstone, James N. – 1973
In this paper, discussion is restricted to indicators of educational system performance. By "educational system" is meant that system that is formally established within a country for the purpose of providing education according to the UNESCO definition of the term. What is said generally applies to indicators in other fields of the social…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Criteria
Young, Ruth C. – 1977
Designed to be self-contained, the material in this workbook on social indicators can be used for teaching and research purposes by agency field workers and/or undergraduates from developing nations who do not have a social science background. Originally presented to 22 professional people from Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines as part of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Food, Guides, Measurement
Social and Economic Characteristics of Counties in the Far West and SWRL Laboratory Service Regions.
Hood, Paul D. – 1981
The monograph presents a set of social and economic indicators developed for each of the 118 counties in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah which comprise the joint Far West Lab/SWRL laboratory service regions. The objective of developing and mapping these indicators was to delineate major similarities and differences among these counties in…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors, Local Norms
California State Office of Planning and Research, Sacramento. – 1977
This bibliography identifies 134 resources about the use of social indicators in national, state, county, and city profiles. Most of the reports describe projects which (1) used a profile approach (presented a comprehensive view of an area by drawing together information on housing, crime, education, income, and employment), (2) had a policy focus…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Living Standards, Regional Characteristics, Social Characteristics
Chicago Children and Youth 1990-2010: Changing Population Trends and their Implications for Services
Direct linkGoerge, Robert; Dilts, John; Yang, Duck-Hye; Wasserman, Miriam; Clary, Anne – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2007
This report draws on demographic data to examine and project trends in the size and composition of the child population in all seventy-seven Chicago communities up to the year 2010. The report highlights the changing age mix of Chicago children and provides some context in which to consider these demographic trends. It describes population changes…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Population Trends, Social Services, Poverty
Peer reviewedSewell, William H. – Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1978
Examines data related to social mobility and social participation of Americans. Topics include educational and occupational mobility; voting; volunteer work; charitable giving; community participation; views on religion; and anomie. For journal availability, see SO 506 144. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Occupational Aspiration
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, Providence. – 2002
These four Census Briefs highlight the information from the 2000 U.S. Census most relevant for community leaders, policymakers, advocates, and others concerned with the status of children and families in Rhode Island. The first brief describes home ownership rates, noting that homeowners are less likely to move than renters and become more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Demography, Educational Attainment
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
Peer reviewedFirestine, Robert E. – Journal of Education Finance, 1977
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Fiscal Capacity
Heaton, Tim B.; Chadwick, Bruce A.; Jacobson, Cardell K. – 2000
This handbook contains more than 400 charts and tables covering data on Non-Hispanic Whites, Native Americans, and African, Hispanic, and Asian Americans. The handbook presents a broad range of data on demographic context; education; economics and employment; health, well-being, and lifestyles; family; sex, fertility, and contraception; religion;…
Descriptors: Demography, Ethnic Groups, Ethnology, Race
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 2002
In 2002, the Bush administration adopted the Children's Defense Fund's (CDF's) mission to "Leave No Child Behind" as a motto. This report details the CDF's assessment of the state of children in the United States, examines how the Bush administration has translated the President's promise to "leave no child behind," and lays…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Children
