Statistical Record of Children

By Linda Schmittroth

Subjects: Children, Statistics

Description: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Population. Adoption and substitute care -- Cities -- Estimates and projections -- Households and families -- Immigration -- States -- United States -- Vital statistics. Abortions -- Births -- Deaths -- Life expectancy -- Overview -- Education. Civics -- Computer use -- Elementary / Middle school -- English -- Enrollment -- History -- Mathematics -- Nursery school / preschool -- Reading -- Science -- Sexual harassment at school -- Social studies -- Special education -- Teachers -- Victimization prevention programs -- Writing -- Health, nutrition and medical care. Alcohol, cigarettes, drugs -- Causes of death -- Conditions and treatments -- Developmental, learning, emotional problems -- Diseases -- Health care coverage -- Nutrition -- Prenatal care -- Summary -- Teenage pregnancy and childbearing -- Vaccinations -- Child care. Population -- Programs -- Providers -- Staff -- Income and expenditures. Abuse and neglect programs -- Charity -- Child care -- Child poverty -- Child welfare services -- Education -- Employer benefits -- Family living expenses -- Family and household income -- Homeless families -- Special education -- Spending by children -- Crimes, misdemeanors, and violence. Abuse and neglect -- Handgun violence -- Juvenile offenders -- Missing, abducted, homeless, and runaway children -- Violence -- Domestic life. Discipline -- Language spoken at home -- Living arrangements -- Opinions and beliefs -- Parents -- Summary -- Sports and recreation. Computers -- Leisure -- memberships -- Sports -- Television and radio -- International comparisons. Child poverty -- Domestic life -- Education -- Health, nutrition and medical care -- Income and expenditures -- Population -- Vital statistics.