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America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005


  Author: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Publisher: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
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Document Date:                  July 2005
Category: Children > Infant/Child Mortality
Related Categories:
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy
Children > Child Welfare
Children > Health (fetal addictions, FAS, malnutrition)
Education > Literacy
Education > Mathematics
Family Economics > Child Poverty
Family Structure > Single-parent Families
 

This report uses 25 indicators of child well-being to examine the economic well-being, health, behaviour, social environment and education of American children.  Statistics show the rate of overweight children has increased in recent years and that children from two-parent biological homes are most likely to say they are in excellent health.

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