The State of the Child in Pennsylvania
Subtitle: A 2002 Guide to Child Well-Being in Pennsylvania
By: Diane J. Ollivier
Contributors: Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, Harrisburg
Publisher: Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse
Published: 2002
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780964500853
Subjects: Adolescents; Birth Weight; Births to Single Women; Child Abuse; Child Care; Child Health; Child Neglect; Children; Counties; Delinquency; Dropouts; Educational Indicators; Family Income; Health Insurance; Infant Mortality; Mortality Rate; One Parent Family; Poverty; Prenatal Care; Profiles; Racial Differences; Rural Urban Differences; Social Indicators; Trend Analysis; Unemployment; Well Being
Description: This Kids Count report examines statewide trends in the well-being of Pennsylvanias children. The statistical portrait is based on trends in 19 indicators of child well being: (1) early prenatal care; (2) low birth weight; (3) infant mortality; (4) child deaths; (5) child violent deaths; (6) births to single mothers under age 20; (7) mothers with less than a high school education; (8) mothers using tobacco during pregnancy; (9) substantiated child abuse or neglect; (10) out-of-home placement; (11) delinquent children in out-of-home care; (12) school dropout rate; (13) child poverty rate; (14) children in families receiving TANF/AFDC; (15) unemployment; (16) per capita income; (17) average annual wage; (18) labor force participation; and (19) employed workers per child. The report is presented in six sections. Section 1 of the report summarizes the findings and includes a state minority profile and education profile. Section 2 provides statewide indicator information, including graphic multi-year profiles of the state as a whole and urban, rural, and mixed counties as groups. Section 3 is organized by county and provides profiles of each county, with graphs of multi-year trends, usually from 1990. This section also provides county-level racial/ethnic breakdowns and municipality breakouts. Section 4 profiles Pennsylvania's 501 school districts, with data on student population, test scores, programs, and other indicators of educational progress. Section 5 defines and lists data sources. Among the findings, indicators showing improvement include lack of prenatal care and children enrolled in Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program. Indicators losing ground include per pupil expenditures and children in single-parent homes. (KB).
Notes: Availability: Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, Suite 300, 20 North Market Square, Harrisburg, PA 17101-1632. Tel: 800-257-2030 (Toll Free); Tel: 717-236-5680; e-mail: info@papartnerships.org; Web site: http://www.papartnerships.org.

Sponsoring Agency: William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA.

Sponsoring Agency: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.

Sponsoring Agency: Grable Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA.

Sponsoring Agency: Howard Heinz Endowment, Pittsburgh, PA.

ERIC Note: For earlier edition, see ED 439 816.

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