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New York State Touchstones/KIDS COUNT 2002 Data Book (PDF)
By Karen Chavis , Ed.
March
2002
Summary: This KIDS COUNT data book examines trends in the well-being of New York's children. The statistical portrait is based on six general areas of children's well-being: (1) economic security; (2) physical and emotional health; (3) education; (4) citizenship; (5) family; and (6) community. Following an introductory section addressing the 2000 census and describing the goals and objectives of the major touchstones the first section provides data for each of the following individual indicators: (1) child poverty; (2) children in families receiving food stamps; (3) children in families receiving public assistance; (4) children in families receiving supplemental security income; (5) adolescent pregnancy; (6) prenatal care; (7) child mortality; (8) asthma hospitalizations; (9) self-inflicted injury hospitalization; (10) unintentional injury hospitalization; (11) infant mortality; (12) lead poisoning; (13) low birthweight births; (14) sexually transmitted diseases; (15) dropout rates; (16) English language learners; (17) high school graduates intending to enroll in college; (18) high school graduates receiving regent diplomas; (19) student performance in English and math; (20) juvenile arrests for property and violent crime; (21) arrests for drug use; (22) DUI/auto accidents; (23) assault hospitalizations; (24) juveniles in need of supervision; (25) foster care; (26) child abuse reports; (27) births to uninsured women; (28) firearm related crimes; (29) violent crime; (30) unemployment; and (31) nutrition. The second section of the data book provides profiles of New York State, New York City, and the state's counties. The data book concludes with a section of technical notes and references.
Index Terms: Child Welfare, Children, Statistics, Trend Analysis, Academic Achievement, Accidents, Adolescents, Alcohol, Asthma, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Death, Demographics, Foster Families, Health, Higher Education, Incidence, Infant Mortality, Infants, Juvenile Crime, Lead Poisoning, Leaver Studies, Low Income Families, Mathematics, Physical Development, Poverty, Prenatal Care, Reading, Safety, School Age Children, State Surveys, Statistics, Substance Abuse, Surveys, Teen Parents, Violence, Welfare Recipients, New York
Publisher: New York State Council on Children and Families
Pages: 248 pages
Language: English
URL: http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/19/f9/a5.pdf
ERIC Number: ED463879
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New York State Council on Children and Families
52 Washington Street
Rensselaer,
New York
12144
518-473-3652
FAX: 518-473-2570
council@ccf.state.ny.us
http://www.ccf.state.ny.us/
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