Kids Count Alaska Data Book: 1997.

Institution	Alaska Univ., Anchorage. Inst. of Social and Economic Research.
Titel	Kids Count Alaska Data Book: 1997.
Quelle	(1997), (129 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Adolescents; Alaska Natives; Asian Americans; Blacks; Child Abuse; Child Neglect; Child Welfare; Children; Mortality Rate; Poverty; Social Indicators; Substance Abuse; Tables (Data); Violence; Well Being; Whites; Youth Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Inuit; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Black person; Schwarzer; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindesvernachlässigung; Kindeswohl; Mortalitätsrate; Armut; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Tabelle; Gewalt; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; White; Weißer
Abstract	This second annual Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Alaska's children. The statistical portrait is based on key indicators in six areas: (1) early childhood, including prenatal care, infant mortality, and children with developmental disabilities; (2) economic well-being, including children living in poverty and births to teens; (3) education, including dropout rates; (4) child safety, including child deaths, violent teen deaths, and child abuse and neglect; (5) juvenile justice, including juvenile violent crime; and (6) health risks, including substance abuse and sexually transmitted diseases. Following an introduction providing census information, comparisons of Alaska with national averages (1994) and an illustration of the Kids Count regions in the state, the report details the indicators in the areas mentioned above. Documentation of each of the indicators concludes the report. Among the findings noted: nearly one in five Alaskan children lived in poverty in recent years; although the overall child death rate from all causes is down, the death rate from injuries remains high; and the percentage of high school dropouts in Alaska is below the national average, but dropout rates among Native and Hispanic students are proportionally higher than their school enrollments, while White, Black, and Asian student dropout rates are lower. (HTH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC