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City Kids Count: Data on the Well-Being of Children in Large Cities. (HTML)
By The Annie E. Casey Foundation
January 01, 1997

Summary: This publication presents the best available data on children living in the 50 largest cities in the United States. Each city is assessed in terms of 10 key indicators of child well-being. These indicators focus, as they do in the annual "Kids Count" report, on outcome measures of children's educational social, economic, and physical well-being. Several demographic, social, and background measures are also shown for each city. A significant share of all U.S. children (one in six in 1990) and a disproportionate share of disadvantaged children live in one of these cities. Roughly one-half of all the children in the United States who live in "distressed" neighborhoods, defined as communities with high concentrations of poverty, large numbers of female-headed families, substantial unemployment, and high welfare dependency live in 1 of these 50 largest cities. Profiles of child well-being in each of the 50 largest cities in the United States are followed by appendixes that place cities in rank order by indicator and a chart of child poverty rates in the 50 largest cities from 1969 to 1989. Definitions and data sources are listed. Some notes on study data are presented, and the primary contacts are listed for state KIDS COUNT projects.

Index Terms: Demographics, Infants, Research, Statistics, Urban Areas, Asian Americans, Black Americans, Child Size, Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, High School Students, Hispanic Americans, Infant Mortality, Juvenile Crime, Native Americans, Single Parent Families, Single Parents, Teen Parents, Violence, Welfare, Whites, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin

Publisher: The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Publication Type: Surveys

Pages: 124 pages
Language: English
URL: http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/city/intro.htm

ERIC Number: ED431854

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Atten: Kids Count Data Book
701 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
410-223-2890

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