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Indicators of Children's Well-Being by Brett V. Brown (1997, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRussell Sage Foundation

ISBN-100871543869

ISBN-139780871543868

eBay Product ID (ePID)472232

Product Key Features

Number of Pages532 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameIndicators of Children's Well-Being

Publication Year1997

SubjectPublic Health, Children's Studies, General, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Research, Children's Health

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Health & Fitness, Social Science, Medical

AuthorBrett V. Brown

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN97-013242

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal362.7/0973

SynopsisThe search for reliable information on the well-being of America's young is vital to designing programs to improve their lives. Yet social scientists are concerned that many measurements of children's physical and emotional health are inadequate, misleading, or outdated, leaving policymakers ill-informed. Indicators of Children's Well-Being is an ambitious inquiry into current efforts to monitor children from the prenatal period through adolescence. Working with the most up-to-date statistical sources, experts from multiple disciplines assess how data on physical development, education, economic security, family and neighborhood conditions, and social behavior are collected and analyzed, what findings they reveal, and what improvements are needed to create a more comprehensive and policy-relevant system of measurement. Today's climate of welfare reform has opened new possibilities for program innovation and experimentation, but it has also intensified the need for a clearly defined and wide-ranging empirical framework to pinpoint where help is needed and what interventions will succeed. Indicators of Children's Well-Being emphasizes the importance of accurate studies that address real problems. Essays on children's material well-being show why income data must be supplemented with assessments of housing, medical care, household expenditure, food consumption, and education. Other contributors urge refinements to existing survey instruments such as the Census and the Current Population Survey. The usefulness of records from human service agencies, child welfare records, and juvenile court statistics is also evaluated.

LC Classification NumberHV741.I537 1997