California: State of Our Children, 2000. How Young People Are Faring Today.

Autor/in	Fernandez, Geovanny
Institution	Children Now, Oakland, CA.
Titel	California: State of Our Children, 2000. How Young People Are Faring Today.
Quelle	(2000), (66 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Birth Weight; Child Abuse; Child Health; Child Support; Child Welfare; Children; Counties; Day Care; Delinquency; Dropouts; Early Parenthood; Educational Attainment; Expenditure per Student; Family Income; Foster Care; Health Insurance; Infant Mortality; Limited English Speaking; Mortality Rate; Poverty; Prenatal Care; Racial Differences; Safety; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Social Indicators; Tables (Data); Teacher Student Ratio; Trend Analysis; Unemployment; Weapons; Welfare Services; Well Being; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Kindeswohl; Tagespflege; Kriminalität; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familieneinkommen; Pflegehilfe; Krankenversicherung; Kindersterblichkeit; Mortalitätsrate; Armut; Pränatale Versorgung; Rassenunterschied; Sicherheit; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Tabelle; Lehrer-Schüler-Relation; Trendanalyse; Arbeitslosigkeit; Weapon; Waffe; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Kalifornien
Abstract	This Kids Count data book examines trends in the well-being of California's children, focusing on factors influencing adolescents. The statistical portrait is based on trends in 33 indicators of well-being in 4 areas: (1) family economics, including child poverty rate, median family income, youth unemployment, children in families receiving TANF, child hunger, child care, and child support; (2) health, including uninsured children, Medi-Cal and Healthy Families enrollment, teen births, smoking, drug use, mental health, prenatal care, and infant mortality; (3) education, including high school dropout rate, reading and math skills, per pupil expenditure, and children in Head Start; and (4) safety, including child abuse and neglect rates, foster care, gun violence, juvenile incarceration, and youth homicide. The data book's introduction details key findings, discusses data interpretation, and makes recommendations for public and private organizations, parents, and local communities. The first part of the data book details findings for each indicator, focusing on national averages and California's state rank, and on trends from the mid- to late-1990s. Racial/ethnic differences in indicators are presented when available. The second part contains summary tables organized by indicator detailing state and county findings. The data book's findings indicate that currently teens are more likely to complete high school, less likely to be unemployed, and less likely to become parents at an early age than were teen several years ago. Compared to teens in other states, California teens are less likely to have health insurance and more likely to be incarcerated. African American and Latino youth experience significantly worse outcomes than other youth on many measures. (KB)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC