System Updates
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| Update #40 |
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1 updated Youth Risk Factors indicator and KIDS COUNT overall rank |
6/9/2008 |
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The following indicator has been updated within the Youth Risk Factors Category using the latest 2006 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement, National Center for Juvenile Justice data :
KIDS COUNT Overall Ranks for 2000 through 2006 has also been updated in conjunction with the upcoming release of the 2008 Kids Count Data Book:
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| There are currently ten KIDS COUNT measures: percent low birth-weight babies; infant mortality rate; child death rate; rate of teen deaths by accident, homicide, and suicide; teen birth rate; percent of children living with parents who do not have full-time, year-round employment; percent of teens who are high school dropouts; percent of teens not attending school and not working; percent of children in poverty; and percent of families with children headed by a single-parent. The Data Book also provides background information for each state, including demographic and family income data. |
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