ERIC Number: ED383807
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-May
Pages: 192
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Indicators of Children's Well-Being: Conference Papers. Cross-Cutting Issues; Population, Family, and Neighborhood; Social Development and Problem Behaviors. Volume III. Special Report Series. Special Report Number 60c.
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Inst. for Research on Poverty.
Papers in this volume explore indicators of children's well-being in the following areas: cross-cutting issues; population, family, and neighborhood; and social development and problem behaviors. The first section includes: (1) "Potential and Problems in Developing Indicators on Child Well-Being from Administrative Data" (Robert M. Goerge); (2) "Potential and Problems in Developing Community-Level Indicators of Children's Well-Being" (Claudia J. Coulton); (3) "Context and Connection in Social Indicators: Enhancing What We Measure and Monitor" (Marc L. Miringoff and Marque-Luisa Miringoff). The second section includes: (1) "Demographic Change and the Population of Children: Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, and Family Size" (Dennis P. Hogan and David J. Eggebeen); (2) "Family Structure, Stability, and the Well-being of Children" (Gary D. Sandefur); (3) "The Influence of Neighborhoods on Children's Development: A Theoretical Perspective and a Research Agenda" (Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Hughes); and (4) comments by Donald Hernandez. Papers in the third section include: (1) "Indicators of Positive Development in Early Childhood: Improving Concepts and Measures" (J. Lawrence Aber and Stephanie Jones); (2) "Indicators of Problem Behaviors and Problems in Early Childhood, Draft" (John M. Love); (3) "Positive Indicators of Adolescent Development: Redressing the Negative Image of American Adolescents" (R. Takanishi, A. M. Mortimer, and T. J. McGourthy); (4) "Indicators of Adolescent Problem Behaviors" (Bruce P. Kennedy and Deborah Prothrow-Stith); and (5) a discussant paper, "Social Development and Problem Behaviors" (J. J. Card and James L. Peterson). Most papers contain references. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Development, Child Welfare, Children, Ethnicity, Evaluation Methods, Family Environment, Measurement Techniques, Neighborhoods, Population Distribution, Racial Differences, Research Problems, Social Development
Institute for Research on Poverty, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706 ($8).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Inst. for Research on Poverty.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A