Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop - Softcover

National Research Council And Institute Of Medicine; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Commission On Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Committee On National Statistics And Board On Children And Families

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309052491 ISBN 13: 9780309052498

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1995

Synopsis

Those who make and implement policies for children and families are seriously hampered by several features of the federal statistical system: categorical fragmentation, sampling strategies that follow adults and families rather than children, and lack of longitudinal data on children. This volume examines the adequacy of federal statistics on children and families. It includes papers on the relevant aspects of health care reform, family and community resources, interpersonal violence, the transition to school, and educational attainment and the transition to work.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Integrating Federal Statistics on Children
• Workshop Summary
• Workshop Papers
• Child Development in the Context of Family and Community Resources: An Agenda...
• Children's Transition to School
• Federal Data on Educational Attainment and the Transition to Work
• Monitoring Changes in Health Care for Children and Families
• Estimating the Incidence, Causes, and Consequences of Interpersonal Violence ...
• Appendix: Workshop Agenda and Participants

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Interest in monitoring and understanding the lives of children has grown rapidly in recent years. Fueled in part by growing pressures to hold public programs accountable for outcomes, as well as by mounting concerns about the instability and apparently worsening problems that characterize the live of many children, those who shape our nation's child policies are increasingly looking to the federal statistical system for answer to complex questions about the development of children in today's society.

About the Author:

Committee on National Statistics and Board on Children and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0309052491
• ISBN 13: 9780309052498
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224