Kids Count Alaska 2013-2014

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Author
Frazier, Rosyland
Wheeler, John
Spiers, Kent
Kirby, Daniel
Mielke, Meg
Keyword
children
alaska
demographics
education
socioeconomics
juvenile justice
infant mortality
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http://hdl.handle.net/11122/5188
Abstract
Kids Count Alaska is part of a nationwide program, sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, to collect and publicize information about children’s health, safety, education, and economic status. We gather information from many sources and present it in one place, to give Alaskans and others a broad picture of how well the state’s children are doing—and provide parents, policymakers, and others with information they need to improve life for children and families. Our goals are: • Distributing information about the status of Alaska’s children • Creating an informed public, motivated to help children • Comparing the status of children in Alaska with that of children nationwide, but also presenting additional indicators relevant for Alaska
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This research was funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. We thank the foundation for its support, but the findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and not necessarily of the foundation. KIDS COUNT is a nationwide program of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The foundation produces a national data book each year, detailing the condition of America’s children. It also sponsors KIDS COUNT programs in all 50 states. Feel free to copy, distribute, or otherwise use information from the Kids Count Alaska Data Book, citing the source as: Kids Count Alaska 2013-2014 Data Book, prepared by the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Table of Contents
Introduction / Infancy / Births and Care Before Birth / Babies With Low Birthweight / Infant Mortality / Economic Well-Being / Children Living in Poverty / Children With No Parent Working Full-Time, Year-Round / Children in Single-Parent Families / Births to Teens / Health Care / Education / Dropout and Graduation Rates / Teens Not in School and Not Working / School Achievement / Children in Danger / Child Death Rate / Teen Death Rate / Child Abuse and Neglect / Juvenile Justice
Date
2015-03-26
Publisher
Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage
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