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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 405 965 PS 025 109 TITLE Make Kids Count in '96: Hawaii Kids Count 1996 Data Book. INSTITUTION Hawaii Kids Count, Honolulu. SPONS AGENCY Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. PUB DATE 96 NOTE 111p.; For 1995 Data Book, see PS 025 109. PUB TYPE Statistical Data (110) Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Achievement; Child Health; *Children; Dropout Rate; Early Parenthood; Elementary Secondary Education; Family (Sociological Unit); Infant Mortality; One Parent Family; Poverty; Preschool Education; *Social Indicators; State Surveys; Statistical Surveys; Tables (Data); *Well Being; Youth Problems IDENTIFIERS Child Mortality; *Hawaii; *Indicators ABSTRACT This KIDS COUNT statistical report is the second to examine indicators of children's well-being in Hawaii. The bulk of the report is comprised of the indicator results and is divided into four major sections: (1) family composition and resources, including children in poverty, children in single parent families, births to single teens, and children with health insurance; (2) infancy and preschool years, including births with low birth weight, infant mortality rate, school readiness, children at risk for developmental problems, immunization rates for 2-year-olds, and child abuse and neglect rates; (3) early school years, including child death rates, children of working parents in after school programs, fourth graders' academic progress, and children with special needs; and (4) adolescence and youth, including eighth graders' academic progress, high school graduation rates, teens not connected to any productive activity, substance use, teenage pregnancy, teen violent deaths, and juvenile arrest rates for violent crimes. County, gender, and ethnicity comparisons are made for some indicators. The report also provides a demographic profile of Hawaiian children, suggests conditions needed for children to succeed, compares Hawaiian data to national data, and details the report's methodology and data sources. (KDFB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************

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DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 405 965 PS 025 109

TITLE Make Kids Count in '96: Hawaii Kids Count 1996 DataBook.

INSTITUTION Hawaii Kids Count, Honolulu.SPONS AGENCY Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.PUB DATE 96NOTE 111p.; For 1995 Data Book, see PS 025 109.PUB TYPE Statistical Data (110) Reports Descriptive (141)

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Academic Achievement; Child Health; *Children;

Dropout Rate; Early Parenthood; Elementary SecondaryEducation; Family (Sociological Unit); InfantMortality; One Parent Family; Poverty; PreschoolEducation; *Social Indicators; State Surveys;Statistical Surveys; Tables (Data); *Well Being;Youth Problems

IDENTIFIERS Child Mortality; *Hawaii; *Indicators

ABSTRACTThis KIDS COUNT statistical report is the second to

examine indicators of children's well-being in Hawaii. The bulk ofthe report is comprised of the indicator results and is divided intofour major sections: (1) family composition and resources, includingchildren in poverty, children in single parent families, births tosingle teens, and children with health insurance; (2) infancy andpreschool years, including births with low birth weight, infantmortality rate, school readiness, children at risk for developmentalproblems, immunization rates for 2-year-olds, and child abuse andneglect rates; (3) early school years, including child death rates,children of working parents in after school programs, fourth graders'academic progress, and children with special needs; and (4)adolescence and youth, including eighth graders' academic progress,high school graduation rates, teens not connected to any productiveactivity, substance use, teenage pregnancy, teen violent deaths, andjuvenile arrest rates for violent crimes. County, gender, andethnicity comparisons are made for some indicators. The report alsoprovides a demographic profile of Hawaiian children, suggestsconditions needed for children to succeed, compares Hawaiian data tonational data, and details the report's methodology and data sources.(KDFB)

***********************************************************************

Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original document.

***********************************************************************

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ldre

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outh

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ila F

oim

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nd M

ary

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gan,

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vai`

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mun

ity S

ervi

ces

Cou

ncil:

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Wat

anab

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nive

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of

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t Man

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ente

r on

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Fam

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r. S

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OR

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r. J

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erna

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ld H

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mot

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vice

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epar

tmen

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f th

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r. T

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istic

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ents

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l Viti

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olul

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dver

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ocia

teS

1996

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ata

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or th

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awai

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nt D

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kar

e th

ose

'av

aila

ble

mea

sure

s w

hich

are

con

side

red

to b

em

ost i

ndic

ativ

e of

the

wel

l-be

ing

of H

awai

'i's

child

ren

and

fam

ilies

. The

sear

e

popu

latio

n-ba

sed

num

bers

, sta

ted

as p

erce

nts

or a

s ra

tes

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at

uneq

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roup

s ca

n be

com

pare

d. M

ost o

f th

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dica

tors

hav

e tr

end

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ough

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f th

e tr

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may

not

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tical

in

all c

ases

.

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cor

e in

dica

tors

hav

e be

en id

entif

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by th

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nt p

rogr

am o

f th

e A

nnie

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asey

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ndat

ion

for

trac

king

and

for

com

pari

son

betw

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the

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es. T

hey

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perc

ent o

f lo

w-b

irth

-

wei

ght b

abie

s; in

fant

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talit

y ra

te; c

hild

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ate;

rate

of

birt

hs

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ried

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s; ju

veni

le v

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nt c

rim

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rest

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igh

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of

teen

s no

t

atte

ndin

g sc

hool

and

not

wor

king

, tee

n vi

olen

t dea

thra

te; p

erce

nt

of c

hild

ren

in p

over

ty; a

nd p

erce

nt o

f fa

mili

es w

ith c

hild

ren

head

ed b

y a

sing

le p

aren

t.

Haw

ai'i

Kid

s C

ount

has

use

d th

e sa

me

indi

cato

rs w

ith th

e

follo

win

g ex

cept

ion:

the

annu

al p

erce

nt o

f te

ens

who

are

high

scho

ol d

ropo

uts

is n

ot a

vaila

ble

at th

e st

ate

leve

l,so

the

high

scho

ol o

n-tim

e gr

adua

tion

rate

is u

sed

inst

ead.

In a

dditi

on, H

awai

i Kid

s C

ount

rep

orts

one

twel

ve o

ther

indi

cato

rs, t

wo

of th

em a

t mor

e th

anon

e ag

e. T

he in

tent

is f

or

thes

e .to

rem

ain

cons

tant

ove

r tim

e. H

owev

er, t

here

are

two

mod

ific

atio

ns f

rom

the

1995

rep

ort:

as a

n in

dica

tion

of s

ubst

ance

use

by te

enag

ers

we

are

usin

g pe

rcen

t rep

ortin

g re

gula

r to

bacc

o

use,

whi

le in

199

5 w

e re

port

ed r

egul

ar u

se o

f al

coho

l; an

d th

e

perc

ent o

f fa

mili

es s

pend

ing

mor

e th

an 3

0% o

f in

com

e on

she

lter

has

been

rep

lace

d by

the

perc

ent o

f fa

mili

es, b

udge

tsp

ent o

n

14

hous

ing

assi

stan

ce. S

core

s fr

om th

e N

atio

nal A

sses

smen

t of

Edu

catio

nal

Prog

ress

(N

AE

P) a

re n

ot

cons

iste

ntly

ava

ilabl

e, s

o th

ese

are

supp

lem

ente

d by

scor

es f

rom

the

Stan

ford

Ach

ieve

men

t Tes

t.

Info

rmat

ion

on c

hild

ren

in s

ingl

e-pa

rent

fam

ilies

and

idle

teen

s is

not

ava

ilabl

e an

nual

ly a

t the

sta

te

leve

l, bu

t the

mos

t rec

ent d

ata

are

incl

uded

as th

ese

are

impo

rtan

t in

asse

ssin

g th

e ge

nera

l wel

l-

bein

g of

chi

ldre

n.

So, h

ow a

re th

e ch

ildre

n an

d fa

mili

es d

oing

? In

nin

e in

dica

tors

, thi

s 19

96re

port

sho

ws

that

ther

e

has

been

impr

ovem

ent s

ince

199

0, w

hile

six

area

s sh

ow th

at th

ey a

re lo

sing

gro

und.

IND

ICA

TO

RS

SN

OW

ING

IMP

RO

VE

ME

NT

, 199

0-19

94

Perc

ent o

f bi

rths

with

ear

ly p

rena

tal c

are

Perc

ent o

f bi

rths

with

low

bir

th-w

eigh

t

Infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

Perc

ent f

ully

imm

uniz

ed b

y ag

e 2

Perc

ent i

dent

ifie

d at

ris

k fo

r, d

evel

opm

enta

l pro

blem

s

Chi

ld d

eath

rat

e

Rat

e of

chi

ld a

buse

and

neg

lect

, exc

ept a

t age

s 6-

11

Tee

n pr

egna

ncy

rate

Tee

n vi

olen

t dea

th r

ate

WO

RS

EN

ING

CO

ND

ITIO

NS

, 199

0-19

94

Perc

ent o

f ch

ildre

n in

pov

erty

Perc

ent o

f fa

mili

es r

ecei

ving

hou

sing

ass

ista

nce

Perc

ent o

f ch

ildre

n w

ith w

orki

ng p

aren

ts in

'aft

er-s

choo

lca

re p

rogr

am

Perc

ent g

radu

atin

g hi

gh s

choo

l on

time

Perc

ent o

f te

enag

ers

regu

larl

y us

ing

toba

cco

Rat

e of

juve

nile

s ar

rest

ed f

or v

iole

nt c

rim

es

For

com

pari

son

with

nat

iona

l tre

nds

on c

ore

indi

cato

rs, s

ee p

ages

50-

51.

15

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awai

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ently

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pos

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labl

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rate

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ths

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ore

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ed b

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obili

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ns th

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.,

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uppo

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ext

ende

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mily

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qua

rter

of

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cen

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been

one:

cif

decl

inin

g re

al w

ages

and

a r

esul

ting

need

for

fam

ilies

to b

e in

dust

riou

san

d in

geni

ous

to m

aint

ain

thei

r st

anda

rd o

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-par

ent f

amili

esha

ve.d

one

at le

ast f

our

thin

gs d

urin

g

this

per

iod

to 'k

eep

up':

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yed

child

-bea

ring

, had

few

er c

hild

ren,

wor

ked

mor

e,an

d go

ne

into

deb

t..

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se c

hang

es m

ake

it m

ore

diff

icul

t for

par

ents

to p

rovi

de w

hat

child

ren

need

. Chi

ldre

n

need

par

ents

who

will

not

leav

e th

em a

lone

for

long

per

iods

of

time.

Chi

ldre

n ne

ed p

aren

ts

and

othe

r ad

ults

in th

e W

ily to

talk

with

abo

ut th

eir

trou

bles

. Chi

ldre

nne

ed f

amili

es in

whi

ch

hugs

are

mor

e pr

eval

ent t

han

curs

es. T

hey

need

foo

d an

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othe

s,di

scip

line,

hea

lth C

are

and

educ

atio

n: M

ost i

mpo

rtan

tly, c

hild

ren

need

to k

now

that

they

are

par

tof

a fa

mily

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soc

iety

Whi

ch r

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cts

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care

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r di

em.

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exte

nsiv

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udy

of c

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aual

was

con

duct

ed b

y E

mm

yE

: Wer

ner

and

Rut

h S.

Smith

. Oye

rall,

they

fou

nd th

at th

ere

are

resi

lienc

y fa

ctor

s w

hich

can

incr

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child

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s he

alth

'

and

succ

ess

in s

chci

ol, r

elat

ions

hips

, and

wor

k. I

n ad

ditio

n to

the

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ispo

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inte

llige

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com

mun

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tern

al lo

cus

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l, th

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faM

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mun

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man

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ildre

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suc

ceed

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erty

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rt s

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rch,

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amili

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elp

child

ren

lear

n re

silie

nt b

ehav

ior.

The

y te

ach

prob

lem

-sol

ving

'ski

lls

and

prov

ide

posi

tive,

non

criti

cal s

uppo

rt a

nd a

sen

se o

f to

geth

erne

ss.

The

val

ues

and

skill

s

lear

ned

at h

ome

give

indi

vidu

alS

the

pow

er to

sha

pe th

eir

lives

. Fam

ilies

that

lear

n, -

how

to

cope

with

cha

lleng

es a

nd m

eet

indi

vidu

al n

eeds

are

mor

e re

silie

nt to

str

ess

and:

cri

sis.

A

faM

ily's

goa

ls, v

alue

s, p

robl

em-s

olvi

ng s

kills

, and

sup

port

net

wor

ks im

pact

its

abili

ty to

adap

t

in th

e fa

ce o

f lif

e's

prob

lerr

is. F

ocus

ing

on s

tren

gths

has

been

fou

nd to

sig

nifi

cant

ly im

prov

e a

fam

ily's

sel

f-he

lp c

apac

ity a

nd th

e im

pact

of

prof

essi

onal

hel

p.

-.

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rent

in th

e st

atus

of

bein

g a

child

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e ri

ght t

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d an

d

supp

orte

d. T

he f

amily

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e fi

rst a

nd f

orem

ost p

rovi

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of a

'chi

ld's

car

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sup

port

ive

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mun

ity a

nd h

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pol

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s ar

e im

port

ant

unde

rpin

ings

of

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ctiv

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rent

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ch is

cri

tical

to a

chi

ld's

abi

lity

to g

row

up

with

the

nece

ssar

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ills

to li

ve a

pro

duct

ive

and

happ

y lif

e.

cond

ition

s.. K

ey a

mon

g th

ese

are

pare

ntal

war

mth

and

sup

port

and

posi

tive

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INPO

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y

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fact

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nsis

tent

ly c

ompr

oini

ses

the

futu

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of c

hild

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than

doe

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owin

g up

in p

over

ty. P

over

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vels

are

a s

et o

f

mon

ey-i

ncom

e th

resh

olds

that

var

y by

fam

ily s

ize

and

com

-

posi

tion,

as

dete

rmin

ed b

y by

the

US

Off

ice

of M

anag

emen

t

and

the

Bud

get.

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rty

leve

ls a

re a

djus

ted

annu

ally

to

refl

ect c

hang

es I

n th

e C

onsu

mer

Pri

ce I

ndex

, but

do

not

take

into

acc

ount

reg

iona

l dif

fete

nces

in th

e co

st o

f liv

-

ing

or a

vaila

ble

form

s of

non

cash

ben

efits

, suc

h as

food

sta

mps

and

hea

lth c

are.

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199

4 th

e po

vert

y

leve

l for

a tw

o-pa

rent

fam

ily o

f fo

ur w

as s

et a

tS

TO

RY

TO

LD B

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a s

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rent

fam

ily w

ith tw

o ch

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as $

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ry

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

ever

y da

y. If

Jai

me

In H

awai

i, th

ere

was

a s

light

incr

ease

of

child

gets

sic

k or

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a

pove

rty

in '1

994,

coM

pare

d to

199

3: C

ount

yne

eds

supp

lies

for

a

and

ethn

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iffe

renc

es a

re u

nava

ilabl

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fcho

qpro

ject

,so

me-

thin

g el

se h

as to

wai

t. A

nd

in o

ur s

ocie

ty, i

t is

real

ly

&lid

to e

xpla

in to

. the

kid

s

that

the

thin

gs th

eyse

eon

TV

are

not f

or th

em. T

hey

wan

t

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expe

nsiv

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real

and

the

"coo

l" cl

othe

s an

d th

e ne

w to

ys,

..

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like

oth

er k

ids

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ave

to

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ure

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the

basi

cs a

re c

over

ed

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that

mos

tly m

eans

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Prob

ably

no

indi

cato

r of

chi

ld w

ell-

bein

g th

at is

use

d

by K

ids

Cou

nt is

mor

e co

ntro

vers

ial t

han

this

one

.

The

gre

ates

t ove

rall

nega

tive

effe

ct o

f be

ing

rais

ed in

a si

ngle

-par

ent f

amily

is th

at it

incr

ease

s th

e ch

ild's

chan

ces

of b

eing

poo

r. I

t is

very

dif

ficu

lt to

alw

ays

sepa

rate

thes

e ef

fect

s, s

o w

hile

som

e st

udie

s m

ay

high

light

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nega

tive

effe

cts

of s

ingl

e pa

rent

ing,

thos

e ef

fect

s ar

e gr

eatly

red

uced

whe

n th

e da

ta

anal

ysis

con

trol

s fo

r ho

useh

old

inco

me.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

Alth

ough

ann

ual d

ata

for

the

stat

es a

nd

-cou

ntie

s ar

e no

t ava

ilabl

e fr

om th

e U

S

Cen

sus

Bur

eau,

this

exp

erie

nce

is c

entr

al

to th

e liv

es o

f so

man

y ch

ildre

n th

at it

is

incl

uded

. Not

onl

y ar

e m

ore

child

ren

in s

ingl

e-pa

rent

fam

ilies

than

in e

arli-

er y

ears

, but

the

root

cau

ses

of s

in-

gle

pare

ntho

od a

re s

hift

ing.

Res

earc

h ha

s sh

own

that

div

orce

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or a

bout

46%

of

sing

le-p

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t hou

seho

lds.

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mar

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re

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Y T

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NC

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e to

wor

k

Fio

re fo

r 11

1011

ey a

nd

are

less

ava

ilabl

e to

your

ehi

dren

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bur-

dens

fall

on y

ou. A

ll

prob

lem

s fa

ll on

you

.

The

re's

nev

er e

noug

h tim

e

or m

oney

. You

wor

k ha

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and

fail

mor

e of

ten

with

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kid

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aybe

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don

't

real

ly fa

il, b

ut it

feel

s lik

e yo

u

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n

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mom

set

all

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ther

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blem

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wm

ore

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ly s

olve

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BO

RA

S T

O S

ING

LE

TE

EN

S

Fam

ilies

beg

un b

y si

ngle

teen

age

wom

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re p

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plet

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his

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bein

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ofte

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r a

lifet

ime.

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ough

man

y te

en

mot

heis

will

eve

ntua

lly m

arry

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ir m

arri

ages

are

at

high

er r

isk

of s

epar

atio

n or

div

orce

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com

bine

d

effe

cts

of p

over

ty, f

amily

inst

abili

ty, a

nd in

adeq

uate

pare

ntin

g sk

ills,

pro

duce

chi

ldre

n w

ho a

re 'm

ore

likel

y to

exp

erie

nce

deve

lopm

enta

l del

ays,

beh

av-

iora

l pro

blem

s; s

choo

l fai

lure

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del

inqu

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Y T

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ital b

irth

s in

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ly in

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ahu

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onl

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hnic

gro

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sho

w a

..

sign

ifiC

ant.

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ctio

n w

as H

awai

ian;

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ough

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rat

e is

muc

h hi

gher

than

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othe

r gr

oup.

.

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n Ja

son

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bOrn

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eally

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man

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ays

he h

as g

iven

me

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my

act.

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o. M

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yea

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rth

and

age

five

hav

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prof

ound

impa

ct o

n th

eir

futu

re d

evel

opm

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y al

so a

ffec

t the

ir f

amili

es, o

ur

-co

mm

uniti

es, s

tate

, and

soc

iety

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ily m

embe

rs w

ant t

heir

chi

ldre

n to

thri

ve:

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y w

ant t

hem

car

ed f

or in

saf

e an

d he

alth

y en

viro

nmen

ts. T

hey

wan

t the

m to

ent

er s

choo

l

fiea

lthya

nd r

eady

to le

arn.

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they

wan

t the

m to

be

succ

essf

ul in

sch

ool a

nd in

life

.

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in to

day'

s so

ciet

y it

is n

ot e

asy

to p

rovi

de c

hild

ren

with

thes

e go

od b

egin

ning

s. F

amily

mem

bers

str

uggl

e to

man

age

the

mul

tiple

con

cern

s of

fam

ily li

fe a

nd d

eman

ds o

f w

ork;

man

y

do'th

is w

ith li

mite

d re

sour

ces.

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ilies

do

not r

egul

arly

rec

eive

hel

p in

lear

ning

to b

ecom

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effe

ctiv

e "f

irst

teac

hers

" of

thei

r ch

ildre

n. A

nd, i

n sp

ite o

f th

e fa

ct th

at in

Haw

aii o

ver

60

perc

ent o

f fa

mili

es w

ith c

hild

ren

unde

r fi

ve n

ow le

ave

thei

r ch

ildre

n in

the

care

of

othe

rs

whi

le th

ey a

re a

t wor

k, it

is o

ften

dif

ficu

lt to

fin

d ed

ucat

ion

and

care

set

tings

that

pro

tect

child

ren'

s he

alth

and

saf

ety,

nur

ture

them

, and

hel

p th

ein

to le

arn.

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ear

ly y

ears

are

the

criti

cal t

ime

fo'r

layi

ng th

e fo

unda

tion

for

heal

thy

deve

lopm

ent

and

for

futu

re le

arni

ng. G

ood

earl

y ch

ildho

od p

rogr

ams

can

be b

enef

icia

l in

man

y w

ays.

The

y he

lp

child

ren

lear

nno

love

lear

ning

, to

deve

lop

soci

al s

kills

, lan

guag

e, a

nd c

ogni

tive

abili

ties.

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y

bene

fit t

he f

amily

bec

ause

its

mem

bers

can

go

to w

ork

each

day

sec

ure,

in th

e kn

owle

dge

that

thei

r ch

ildre

n ar

e in

goo

d ha

nds.

The

y be

nefi

t em

ploy

ers

beca

use

thei

r w

orke

rs c

an f

ocus

'on

the

job

with

out w

orri

es a

bout

the

wel

fare

of

thei

r ch

ildre

n. T

hey

bene

fit s

ocie

ty a

s a

who

le-

:bec

ause

youn

g, a

t-ri

sk, d

isad

vant

aged

' chi

ldre

nw

ho p

artic

ipat

e in

hig

h-qu

ality

pro

gram

s

requ

ire

few

er c

ostly

soc

ial a

ndre

med

ial s

ervi

ces

duri

ng th

eir

scho

ol y

ears

and

are

mor

e lik

ely

. to

grad

uate

fro

m h

igh

scho

ol a

ndbe

com

e pr

oduc

tive

mem

bers

of

soci

ety.

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the

youn

g ch

ild, e

duca

tion

and

care

are

inte

rdep

ende

nt. C

hild

ren

who

rec

eive

sta

ble,

resp

onsi

ve c

are

are

mor

e lik

ely

to d

evel

op tr

ust,

empa

thy,

cur

iosi

ty,

and

conf

iden

ce -

- fe

elin

gs

esse

ntia

l to

soci

al d

evel

opm

ent a

nd le

arni

ng. L

earn

ing

take

s pl

ace

in th

e co

ntex

t of

cari

ng, b

ut

for

youn

g an

d vu

lner

able

. chi

ldre

n bo

th a

re e

ssen

tial a

nd th

e tw

o ca

n ne

ver

be s

epar

ated

..

.

You

ng c

hild

ren

cann

ot h

e ed

ucat

ed o

r ca

red

for

with

out t

he a

ctiv

e pa

rtic

ipat

ion

of th

eir

fam

ilies

. Fro

m th

e m

omen

t of

birt

h, a

nd e

ven

befo

re, c

hild

ren

are

shap

ed b

y th

e pr

imar

yan

d

dom

inan

t exp

erie

nces

of

thei

r ho

mes

and

by

inte

ract

ions

with

thei

r C

lose

st r

elat

ives

. In

addi

tion

to th

e ca

re a

nd e

duca

tion

that

sm

all c

hild

ren

rece

ive

from

thei

r ow

n pa

rent

s, m

ost.

of

Haw

aii's

you

ng c

hild

ren

rece

ive

care

fro

m o

ther

s at

som

e tim

e du

ring

thei

r ea

rly

year

s: T

his

take

s pl

ace

thro

ugh

a co

mpl

ex m

ix o

f pr

ogra

ms

and

serv

ices

ran

ging

fro

m c

areg

ivin

g in

a

child

's o

wn

hom

e or

' in

the

hom

es o

f re

lativ

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r of

oth

er f

amili

es, t

o ho

me

visi

tors

, pla

y

grou

p pr

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ms

at c

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unity

par

ks,

child

car

e ce

nter

s, p

resc

hool

s, c

hild

dev

elop

men

t

prog

ram

s in

hom

es a

nd c

ente

rs, p

re-k

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rgar

tens

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d St

art,

spec

ial e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s,

and

mor

e.

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mun

ity w

ell-

bein

g an

d th

e qu

ality

of

life

for

all i

s af

fect

ed if

child

ren

do n

ot

expe

rien

ce g

ood

begi

nnin

gs. T

he f

ate

of y

oung

chi

ldre

n m

ust b

eco

nsid

ered

a c

omm

unity

resp

onsi

bilit

y an

d pr

iori

ty. A

ll ci

tizen

s m

ust u

nder

stan

d th

e ne

ed

to p

rovi

de r

esou

rces

for

the

educ

atio

n, c

are,

hea

lth, a

nd w

elfa

re

of o

ur y

oung

est c

hild

ren,

and

rea

lize

that

the

impa

ct o

f ch

oice

s m

ade

now

will

be

felt

far

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the

futu

re.

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m G

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awai

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ly C

hild

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catio

n &

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e C

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mitt

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Janu

ary

1996

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nal a

ge a

re.m

ore

likel

y to

hav

e co

ngen

ital

anom

alie

s an

d de

velo

pmen

tal d

isab

ilitie

s.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

Aft

er m

any

year

s of

littl

e ch

ange

, 199

4sa

w a

dro

p

in th

e nu

mbe

r an

d pe

rcen

tage

of

babi

es b

orn

with

low

bir

th-w

eigh

t in

our

stat

e., T

hat

impr

ovem

ent w

as n

ot s

prea

d un

ifor

mly

acro

ss

the

stat

e: th

ere

was

an

incr

ease

ove

r,19

93 in

both

Kau

ai a

nd M

aui;

Cau

casi

ans

wer

e th

e

only

rac

ial/e

thni

e gr

oup

to e

xper

ienc

e an

incr

ease

ove

r 19

93, a

lthou

gh th

e ca

tego

ry

of `

othe

r' al

so in

crea

sed.

Low

-

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

.EX

PE

RIE

NC

E:

"With

you

r fir

st

baby

you

hav

e th

is

grea

tda

ydre

am

abou

t bow

won

derf

ul

it w

ill b

e w

hen

you

brin

g he

r ho

me

from

the

hosp

ital a

nd b

at V

time

to r

eally

look

at h

er

all o

ver,

str

oke

the

hot-

tour

s of

her

feet

, cro

on, a

lulla

bye.

.. It

was

so

diffi

cult

to h

ave

to le

ave

Sar

ah a

t the

hosp

ital b

ecau

se s

he w

as to

o

tiny.

We'

wor

ried,

wen

t bac

k

and

fort

h to

the

hosp

ital,

and

wer

e so

sca

red

whe

n w

e fin

ally

brou

ght h

er h

omd.

I w

ish

we

coul

d

have

got

ten

off t

o a

bette

r st

art." JA

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BE

ST C

OPY

Al/A

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The

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

is a

wid

ely

acce

pted

indi

cato

r of

child

hea

lth. W

hile

few

er th

an o

ne p

erce

nt o

f al

l liv

e

birt

hs in

Haw

aii p

eris

h in

the

firs

t yea

r, th

is r

emai

ns th

e

peri

od o

f gr

eate

st r

isk.

In

Haw

aii i

n 19

94, t

here

wer

e

125

infa

nt d

eath

s as

com

pare

d to

50

deat

hs a

mon

g

child

ren

ages

1 to

14.

It i

s pa

rtic

ular

ly u

sefu

l in

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

e se

riou

s he

alth

ris

ks f

aced

by

vari

-

ous

raci

al, e

thni

c, a

nd s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic g

roup

s.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

The

re w

as a

con

tinua

tion

of th

e lo

ng-t

ime

tren

d

of d

eclin

ing

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

. Alth

ough

coun

ty d

iffe

renc

es a

re r

epor

ted,

rem

embe

r

that

thes

e sm

all n

umbe

rs tr

ansl

ate

into

wid

e

rate

flu

ctua

tions

. Bir

ths

have

dec

lined

in

each

cou

nty

betw

een

1990

and

199

4, w

ith

the

num

ber

of d

eath

s de

clin

ing

mos

t

mar

kedl

y on

the

Big

Isl

and.

The

num

ber

of d

eath

s in

crea

sed

by 2

in M

aui a

nd b

y

7 in

Kau

ai. T

he s

ame

caut

ion

abou

t

smal

l num

bers

is e

ven

mor

e tr

ue f

or

the

ethn

ic d

ata.

ON

iAN

T M

oRT

Aih

ry

STO

RY

TO

LD

BY

EX

PE

RIE

NC

E;

"I o

nly

,had

.fir

st .c

hild

two

mon

ths

and

ten

daps

and

she

die

d

from

crib

dea

th.]

was

n't a

ble

to h

ave

anot

her

child

for

eigh

t

year

s..:n

ot th

at I

Cou

ldn'

t

conc

eive

, but

I di

dn't

thin

k I c

ould

go

thro

ugh

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f los

ing

a

child

aga

in."

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NT

M R

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tinal

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e of

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nge.

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ual R

ater

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1990

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LIT

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s so

hbr

riftin

g to

Min

k th

at

one

min

ute

she

was

sle

epin

g

and

the

next

she

was

gon

e. A

m!

BE

ST C

OPY

AV

AIL

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LE

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e jo

y th

at w

as fo

llow

ed s

o qu

ick-

48

ty b

y em

ptin

ess.

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he p

ain

is ju

st.

inde

scrib

able

, eve

n no

w a

fter

all

thes

e ye

ars,

"

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on.

BE

ST

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ti,nt

mor

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y ha

s be

en In

Ivre

cons

tant

/iu

inua

les

and

the

gap

is g

rotr

in,.

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ce

1980

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te h

as d

e-

clin

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y 24

% fi

n nu

des

and

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Fuiti

y

Imm

uniz

atio

ns a

re r

ecom

men

ded

to p

rote

ct c

hild

ren

from

chi

ldho

od d

isea

ses

(mea

sles

, mum

ps, r

ubel

la,

diph

ther

ia, p

ertu

ssis

, tet

anus

, and

pol

io).

. The

se d

is-

ease

s ha

ve th

e po

tent

ial t

o ca

use

disa

bilit

y or

eve

n

deat

h. T

he f

ull s

erie

s sh

ould

be

adm

inis

tere

d ea

rly

in

child

hood

, by

age

2, a

ccor

ding

to h

ealth

exp

erts

.

Stat

es w

hich

hav

e a

low

imm

uniz

atio

n ra

te g

ener

ally

are

char

acte

rize

d as

hav

ing

mor

e ba

rrie

rs to

hea

lth-

care

for

chi

ldre

n.'

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

EX

PE

RIE

NC

E:

Stat

ewid

e th

e re

tros

pect

ive

stud

ies

of r

ecor

ds o

f"I

t's h

ard

to k

now

kind

erga

rten

ers

show

som

e im

prov

emen

t.ev

eryt

hing

abo

ut

Whe

n th

e po

pula

tion

is r

estr

icte

d to

thos

e

rece

ivin

g m

edic

al c

are

at p

ublic

hea

lth c

linic

s,

ther

e is

a r

ecor

d of

dra

mat

ic im

prov

emen

t

outs

ide

of 0

`ahu

.

Not

e: A

199

4 N

atio

nal I

mm

uniz

atio

n Su

rvey

mad

e es

timat

es o

f va

ccin

atio

n co

vera

ge

leve

ls o

f ch

ildre

n 19

-35

mon

ths

old.

At

leas

t 250

chi

ldre

n fr

om H

awai

'i w

ere

in

the

natio

nal s

ampl

e of

26,

247.

Thi

s st

udy

estim

ated

that

86%

of

youn

g ch

ildre

n in

Haw

aii h

ad r

ecei

ved

the

"4:3

:,1

Seri

es".

The

nat

iona

l ave

rage

is 7

5%.

50

your

bab

y's

care

. I

real

ly d

ePen

d on

the

doct

or to

kno

w a

nd to

tell

me.

whe

n sh

ots

are

need

ed. T

hey

mak

e he

r

fuss

', bu

t I k

now

it's

bette

r fo

r he

r in

the

long

run.

/ th

ink

that

som

e of

the

shot

s ar

e ne

wI

don'

t rem

embe

r m

y so

n ge

l-

ling

the

sam

e on

es. A

t lea

st.

by th

e tim

e sh

e go

es Ii

i

pres

choo

l I w

ant h

er to

he

pro-

tect

ed fr

om th

e ill

ness

es o

f the

othe

r ch

ildre

n." M

AL

1A, M

OT

ISE

R O

FT

ull

1WO

,VE

Alif

8(I

)ii

5

13E

IKE

NT

FU

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MM

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Y A

GE

2

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onr

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ual R

ate

of C

hang

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nnua

l Rat

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nge

1987

1992

1987

-199

219

9419

92-1

994

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e67

.960

.863

.01.

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PHN

Sur

veys

at C

linic

s_

.

1993

1994

% C

hang

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ids

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nt D

ata

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Clii

iidnu

.ki

ku f

iltW

EL

Opi

NE

Riv

Al P

RO

IHE

N5

Thi

s is

obv

ious

ly n

ot a

n 'o

utco

me'

indi

cato

r, o

ne w

hich

mor

e di

rect

ly r

efle

cts

the

wel

l -be

ing

of c

hild

ren,

but

is a

n

indi

cato

r of

ser

vice

s pr

ovid

ed. I

t is

incl

uded

with

the

belie

f th

at th

e pr

ovis

ion

of e

arly

iden

tific

atio

n an

d se

rvic

e

will

lead

to. a

red

uctio

n in

the

need

for

spe

cial

edu

ca-

tiona

l ser

vice

s at

a la

ter

time.

Chi

ldre

n, f

rom

bir

th to

age

3, a

re e

ligib

le f

or,s

ervi

ces

whe

n th

ey a

re id

entif

ied

as b

eing

aff

ecte

d by

the

follo

win

g: a

dev

elop

men

tal

dela

y, a

bio

logi

cal r

isk

(men

tal o

r ph

ysic

al c

ondi

tion

ofte

n re

sulti

ng in

a d

evel

opm

enta

l del

ay),

or

an

envi

ronm

enta

l ris

k. I

t is

estim

ated

that

25%

of

all

child

ren

face

one

or

mor

e of

thes

e ri

sk f

acto

rs.

The

indi

cato

r sh

ows

how

man

y of

thes

e ar

e

bein

g id

entif

ied

and

prov

ided

with

ser

vice

..

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

The

re h

as b

een

an in

crea

se in

the

num

ber

of

child

ren

birt

h to

thre

e ye

ars

of a

ge w

ho h

ave

been

iden

tifie

d as

'at r

isk

for

deve

lopm

enta

l

prob

lem

s' a

nd p

rovi

ded

serv

ices

. 68.

9% o

f

thos

e id

entif

ied

are

livin

g in

soc

io -

eco-

nom

ic c

ondi

tions

that

are

kno

wn

to h

ave

a ne

gativ

e af

fect

on

deve

lopm

ent,

whi

le

31.1

% h

ave

iden

tifie

d ph

ysic

al o

r m

en-

tal d

elay

s. T

he d

ata

are

not a

vaila

ble

by c

ount

y at

this

tim

e.

52

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

EX

PE

RIE

NC

E:

"It i

s te

rrib

ly fr

ight

en-

ing

whe

n yo

u re

aliz

e

that

you

r pr

ecio

us b

aby

is n

ot r

espo

ndin

g as

quic

kly

as o

ther

s he

r ag

e.

You

don

't kn

ow w

hat t

o

do, w

hat t

o ex

pect

, how

to

help

. rhe

a w

e be

gan

to tr

oth

with

peo

ple

who

taug

ht u

s

exer

cise

s an

d ga

mes

that

wou

ld m

ake

her

stro

nger

And

we

met

oth

er p

aien

ts w

ith th

e

sam

e co

ncer

ns. N

ow s

he is

in

scho

ol, m

ostly

in a

reg

ular

cla

ss."

Fin

n, P

alm

aO

ISE

\ I N

-111

11(-

01.1

) SI

I%%

1

PER

CE

NT

ID

EN

TIF

IED

AS

FOR

DE

VE

LO

PME

NT

AL

DE

LA

Y

Ann

ual R

ate

of C

hang

eA

nnua

l Rat

e of

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nge

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ent

1980

1990

1980

-199

019

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994

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nd

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te4.

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5

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EN

DS

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ISK

3000

2500

2000

1500

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1000

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Ris

k"A

t Dev

elop

men

t Ris

k;-

1

500 0

"A

Li

The

incr

ease

in c

hild

ren

iden

tifie

d an

d se

rved

in-1

994

was

ref

lect

ed r

athe

r ev

enly

in b

oth

risk

cate

gorie

s..

'BE

STPO

PYA

VA

iLA

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The

mea

sure

use

d W

ere

to in

dica

te s

choo

l rea

dine

ss is

enro

llmen

t of

disa

dvan

tqge

d fo

ur-y

ear-

olds

in s

ubsi

dize

d

pres

choo

l. 'D

isad

vant

aged

' chi

ldre

n w

ere

thos

e in

fam

ilies

with

inco

me

belo

w th

e po

vert

y le

vel o

r re

ceiv

ing

wel

fare

.

The

se a

re th

e ch

ildre

n w

ith le

ss li

kelih

ood

of h

avin

g

enri

chin

g ex

peri

ence

s th

at h

elp

them

be

read

y fo

r th

e

beha

vior

and

und

erst

andi

ngs

need

ed f

or s

choo

l suc

-

cess

. In

1993

-94,

the

subs

idiz

ed p

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x an

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elve

, the

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thin

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are

alw

ays

tryi

ng to

mak

e se

nse

of th

eir

wor

ld. T

hey

are

driv

en to

fit

thin

gs to

geth

er a

nd m

ake

them

into

cohe

sive

who

les.

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the.

mos

t par

t, sc

hool

-age

chi

ldre

n ar

e co

ncre

te o

pera

tiona

l thi

nker

s.

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y fe

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sen

se o

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ide

in th

eir

wor

k an

d 'a

chie

vem

ents

. Oft

en c

hild

ren

at th

is s

tage

nee

d

little

enc

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gem

ent t

o de

velo

p a

sens

e of

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stry

and

acc

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ent

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ing

mid

dle

child

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, phy

sica

l gro

wth

dec

eler

ates

and

fro

m o

utw

ard

appe

aran

ces

this

cou

ld e

asily

be

desc

ribe

d as

a le

ngth

enin

g-ou

t per

iod.

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ldre

n be

com

e be

tter

coor

dina

ted

as th

ey g

ain

in s

tren

gth.

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y ex

peri

ence

a s

tron

g dr

ive

to b

e ac

tive.

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k fo

od

may

bec

ome

an is

sue

as th

e ch

ild m

akes

mor

e in

depe

nden

tjud

gmen

ts s

ince

goo

d nu

triti

on is

criti

cal f

or e

nsur

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the

stam

ina

and

ener

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r an

act

ive

life.

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evis

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affe

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the

thou

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and

fee

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scho

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pert

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at

tele

visi

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urri

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forc

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dea

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info

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stan

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that

whe

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view

tele

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pro

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act

agg

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sive

ly.

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is im

port

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s a

basi

s fo

r ch

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get

to k

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thei

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dies

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nat

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flo

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mov

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th' n

ot o

nly

in th

e ph

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ut a

lso

inth

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gniti

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l

emot

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ains

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dle

child

hood

is a

pri

me

time

for

gam

es a

nd s

port

s w

hen

lear

ning

rule

s an

d co

oper

atio

n re

sults

in f

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f pr

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and

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mpl

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ed

oppo

rtun

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to c

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ibut

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doo

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nd p

rim

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care

giv

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cont

inue

to h

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the

mos

t im

port

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soci

aliz

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infl

uenc

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child

at t

his

stag

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lthou

gh' i

ndep

ende

nce

is a

pri

mar

y m

ode

ofbe

haV

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child

ren

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nee

datte

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idap

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rent

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ine

line

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ts b

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een

letti

ng c

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go o

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em to

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to g

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ents

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no

long

er th

e on

ly s

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fica

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dults

inth

e liv

es o

f ch

ildre

n. A

s yo

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ters

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mov

e in

to th

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mm

unity

for

long

er p

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disc

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stro

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n

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viro

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t tes

ts th

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new

ly d

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abili

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mun

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ader

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uch

as

coac

hes;

sco

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ader

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hurc

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orke

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eigh

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gin

to p

lay

a m

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rol

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ring

mid

dle

child

hood

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aniz

atio

ns th

at o

ffer

chi

ldre

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chan

ce to

bui

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thei

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lent

s ar

e im

port

ant.

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phas

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num

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man

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num

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r fo

urth

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grad

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sam

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easu

re is

not

avai

labl

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ch y

ear.

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fact

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ent

ire

prog

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is

bein

g cu

rtai

led

by th

e. b

udge

t dif

ficu

lties

on

the

natio

nal l

evel

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refo

re, t

he p

erce

ntag

e of

ele

-

men

tary

sch

ool s

tude

nts

(thi

rd g

rade

) sc

orin

g

aver

age

or b

ette

r on

the

mat

h se

ctio

n of

the

Stan

ford

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ieve

men

t Tes

t is

repo

rted

.

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OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

Dat

a fo

r ov

er f

our

year

s is

rep

ofte

d.

How

ever

, sco

res

for

1990

-91

and

'ear

lier

are

from

the

SAT

7th

Edi

tion;

sco

res

for

late

r ye

ars

are

from

. 8th

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tion.

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h

cont

ent a

nd n

orm

s w

ere

chan

ged

for

the

new

edi

tion,

so

com

pari

ng s

core

s fr

om

the

two

editi

ons

is n

ot V

alid

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refo

re,.

the

chan

ge m

easu

red

is b

etw

een

the

1992

and

199

4 da

ta. T

his

indi

cate

s

no c

hang

e on

the

stat

e le

vel,

but

slig

htly

mor

e st

uden

ts in

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and

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i Cou

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s sc

ored

bel

ow

aver

age

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994

than

ear

lier.

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re w

as d

efin

ite im

prov

emen

t

in K

aua'

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Y T

OLD

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sam

e m

easu

re is

not

ava

ilabl

e ea

ch y

ear.

In

fact

, the

entir

e pr

ogra

m is

bei

ng c

urta

iled

by b

udge

t dif

ficu

lties

on th

e na

tiona

l lev

el. T

here

fore

, the

per

cent

age

of

inte

rmed

iate

sch

ool s

tude

nts

scor

ing

aver

age

or b

et-

ter

on th

e m

ath

sect

ion

of th

e St

anfo

rd A

chie

vem

ent

Tes

t is

repo

rted

.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

Dat

a fo

r ov

er f

our

year

s ar

e re

port

ed. H

owev

er,

scor

es f

or 1

990-

91 a

nd e

arlie

r ar

e fr

om th

e

SAT

7th

Edi

tion;

sco

res

for

late

r ye

ars

are

from

the

8th

Edi

tion.

Bot

h co

nten

t and

norm

s w

ere

chan

ged

for

the

new

edi

tion,

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

so c

ompa

ring

sco

res

from

the

two

edi-

EX

PE

RIE

NC

E:

'tion

s is

not

val

id. T

here

fore

, the

cha

nge

"We

wan

t Ayl

e to

do

wel

l in

mea

sure

d is

bet

wee

n th

e 19

92 a

ndsc

hool

, esp

ecia

lly n

ow th

at h

e

1994

dat

a. T

his

indi

cate

s sl

ight

is in

inte

rmed

iate

sch

ool.

We

impr

ovem

ent f

or th

e en

tire

stat

e,t,.

rto

. mak

e su

re.h

e do

es h

is

hom

ewor

k an

d do

esn'

t wat

ch to

obu

t mor

e st

uden

ts in

Haw

aii a

ndm

uch

TV

, but

we

wan

t hin

t to'

hav

eM

aui C

ount

ies

scor

ed b

elow

aver

age

in 1

994

than

ear

lier.

time

to d

evel

op in

oth

er w

ays

also

.

We

have

deb

ated

whe

ther

soc

cer

is

impo

rtan

t on

its p

uny

or s

houl

d be

a

rew

ard

for

good

sch

ool p

erfo

rman

ce. I

t

was

n't a

pro

blem

with

Chr

is."

BR

AD

, FA

TB

ER

OE

'MO

PER

CE

NT

or

INT

ER

ME

DIA

TE

SC

1100

1.ST

inrv

rsS

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ING

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iz.\(

ir o

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M A

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Is

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1992

1994

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hine

1992

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e75

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.40.

70

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olul

u74

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.51.

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aii

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6

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ent

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OT

IIER

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CA

TIO

NA

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EA

SU

RE

SIN

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EC

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SA

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Whi

le a

cade

mic

mea

sure

s pr

ovid

e in

dica

tions

of th

e de

velo

ping

abi

litie

s of

teen

ager

s, o

ther

mea

sure

s te

ll ab

out t

he r

eadi

ness

to le

arn

and

abou

t sel

f-di

scip

line.

LoW

atte

ndan

ce

is o

ften

rel

ated

to la

ck o

f sa

fety

in s

choo

l.

Acc

ess

to n

utri

tiona

l sup

port

is a

n in

di-

catio

n of

eco

nom

ic s

ecur

ity. T

rend

s in

disc

iplin

ary

refe

rral

s m

ay r

efle

ct

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

EX

PE

RIE

NC

E:

"Som

e of

my

teac

hers

rea

lly

stre

ss a

ttend

ance

. One

sai

d

that

we

need

to le

arn

that

it is

chan

ges

in b

ehav

ior

or m

ay r

efle

ctim

port

ant t

o be

on

the

job'

effo

rts

at s

ocia

l con

trol

.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

Incr

easi

ng p

erce

ntag

es o

f st

uden

ts

need

ing

free

or

redu

ced

pric

e

lunc

hes

.ref

lect

s th

e ec

onom

icT

his

is th

e se

cond

hig

h sc

hool

I'v

e

cond

ition

s of

the

stat

e, w

hich

been

in...

disc

iplin

e is

dif

fere

nt. I

may

als

o af

fect

the

decl

inin

gm

ean

in o

ne s

choo

l a k

id w

ill g

et s

us-

perc

enta

ge o

f se

nior

s th

at g

etpe

nded

for

som

ethi

ng, i

n an

othe

r

a di

plom

a at

the

end

of th

esc

hool

it's

no

big

deal

. Whe

n its

a li

ttle

acad

emic

yea

r. I

t is

enco

ur-

tight

, whe

n th

ey s

tick

with

the

rule

s w

e

agin

g to

not

e th

e im

prov

e-al

l com

plai

n, b

ut a

t lea

st y

ou k

now

wha

t

men

ts in

atte

ndan

ce a

ndto

exp

ect.

Oen

its

too

stri

ct k

ids

get h

ard

in d

isci

plin

e.pu

nish

men

t jif

f th

ings

that

they

cou

ldn'

t'

help

, whi

ch d

oesn

't se

em f

air

I do

wan

t

scho

ol to

be

safe

r -

I re

ally

hat

e go

ing

to th

e

bath

room

in c

ase

ther

e's

som

eone

ther

e I

don'

t

wan

t to

see.

And

it s

ets

real

tire

som

e ge

tting

your

stu

ff r

ippe

d of

f. I

.mea

n, y

ou g

otta

be

ther

e

so y

ou s

houl

dn't

get p

enal

ized

by

that

, too

!"

and

scho

ol is

our

job

righ

t now

In s

ome

clas

ses,

just

sho

thin

g up

and

doin

g a

little

wor

k- c

an g

et

you

a go

od g

rade

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et, p

lus

pass

ing

Haw

ai`i

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teT

est o

f E

ssen

tial C

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tenc

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e

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nty:

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1996

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ent o

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uden

ts S

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nded

for

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ss A

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isci

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burg

lary

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bery

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le o

f da

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ous

drug

s)

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e

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nty:

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2.5

1993

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ent C

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e

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olul

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11.

99.

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62.

238

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The

'on-

time'

gra

duat

ion

'rate

, cal

cula

ted

by d

ivid

ing

the

num

-

ber

of g

radu

ates

in a

ny y

ear

by th

e nu

mbe

r of

stu

dent

s en

ter-

ing,

nint

h gr

ade

four

yea

rs e

arlie

r, is

not

an

idea

l ind

icat

or o

f

educ

atio

nal a

ttain

men

t. It

can

be

affe

cted

by

mig

ratio

n

ther

e is

no

assu

ranc

e th

at th

e po

tent

ial g

radu

atin

g cl

ass

is

muc

h lik

e th

e cl

ass

that

ent

ered

nin

th g

rade

. How

ever

, it

is a

vaila

ble

annu

ally

and

dat

a ar

e av

aila

ble

by c

ount

y,

so it

is p

roba

bly

help

ful a

s tr

end

anal

ysis

.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A: /

The

on-

time

grad

uatio

n ra

te f

or th

e st

ate

was

slig

htly

low

er in

199

4 th

an in

199

0, a

lthou

gh

1993

had

bee

n sl

ight

ly h

ighe

r. O

nly

Hon

olul

u

Cou

nty

show

ed im

prov

emen

t, al

thou

gh th

is

may

be

a re

flec

tion

ofst

uden

ts m

ovin

g to

0`ah

u fr

om th

e ne

ighb

or is

land

s. T

hat w

ould

affe

ct r

ates

in b

oth

plac

es. T

he b

igge

st

chan

ge w

as in

Mau

i, w

here

ther

e w

as a

'19%

dec

reas

e in

on-

time

grad

uatio

ns.

88

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

EX

PE

RIE

NC

E:

'For

so

long

, gra

dua-

tion

had

been

my

goal

. I

knew

it w

as e

ssen

tial t

o

getti

ng a

job,

to s

uppo

rtin

g

my

fam

ily. T

he k

inds

o/ j

obs

I rea

lly w

ant r

equi

re m

ore,

thou

gh. N

ow I'

m g

oing

to th

e

com

mun

ity c

olle

ge w

hile

I do

SC

IIZ w

ork.

The

pay

is h

msy

but

the

hour

s ar

e re

gula

r en

ough

that

I

can

be s

ure

to fi

nish

the

sem

este

r

Edu

catio

n do

esn'

t see

m to

gua

mnt

ee

you

a jo

b, b

ut th

e la

ck o

f ed

ucat

ion

can

mea

n th

at y

ou d

on't

wor

k at

all

RA

Y, M

il: 1

8

Scho

oli.

Cau

daw

ricm

PER

CE

NT

OF

ON

-TIM

E H

IGH

SC

HO

OL

GR

AD

UA

TE

S

1985

1990

Ann

ual R

ite o

f C

hang

e19

85-1

990.

1994

-A

nnua

l Rat

e of

Cha

nge

1990

-199

4

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e85

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olul

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Priv

ate

1980

1990

1994

BE

ST

CO

PY

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AIL

AB

LE89

Rec

ent

Tre

nd

The

hig

her

tale

of o

n-

lime

grad

uatio

n fo

r pr

i-

vate

sch

ools

will

not

be

surp

risin

g to

man

y, b

ut

the

grow

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the

rate

fir

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Old

er te

enag

ers

are

in tr

ansi

tion

to a

dulth

ood.

The

y ar

e ex

pect

ed to

take

on

new

res

pons

ibili

ties

and

mor

e ad

ult r

oles

. An

exam

inat

ion

of th

epe

r-

cent

age

of o

lder

teen

s w

ho a

re n

ot a

ttend

ing

scho

ol o

r w

orki

ng in

dica

tes

wha

t pro

port

ion

of th

e yo

uth

popu

latio

n is

not

taki

ng o

n

expe

cted

rol

es. T

he a

ltern

ativ

e m

easu

re; p

er-

cent

not

in s

choo

l and

not i

n th

e la

bor

forc

e,S

TO

RY

TO

LD B

Yw

as u

sed

in th

e 19

95 H

a W

ail K

ids

Cou

ntE

XP

ER

IEN

CE

:

Dat

aboo

k. T

hose

not

wor

king

but

look

ing.

'The

y w

ant t

he p

rivi

-fo

r w

ork

or te

mpo

rari

ly o

ut o

f w

ork

are

lege

s of

adu

lts, b

ut n

otco

nsid

ered

to b

e "i

n th

e la

bor

forc

e".

.

the

resp

onsi

bilit

ies.

Aly

Thi

s is

less

aff

ecte

d by

you

th u

nem

ploy

-so

n se

ems

to f

ind

it ne

ces-

men

t. H

owev

er, m

ore

rece

nt d

ata

are

.sar

y to

con

stan

tly te

ll. m

e

not a

vaila

ble.

I'm w

rong

, reg

ardl

ess

of

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

The

re h

as b

een

little

clia

nge

in th

e

1990

s in

the

prop

ortio

n of

you

th

who

are

idle

as

defi

ned

here

.

How

ever

, thi

s 'is

an

area

whe

re th

e

yout

h of

Haw

aii r

ank

poor

ly w

hen

com

pare

d to

you

th in

oth

er

stat

es. I

n 19

93, t

hat r

ank

was

.26

th, a

ccor

ding

to th

e na

tiona

l

Kid

s C

ount

rep

ort.

actu

al f

lies.

The

wor

d 'w

ork'

is n

ot in

his

voc

abul

ary.

but

'buy

me'

is!"

CA

RO

L, M

OT

HE

R O

F 8

-YE

AR

-OLD

'"I

'd li

ke. t

o fi

nd a

job

.that

is

inte

rest

ing,

but

mos

t of

my

frie

nds

are

eith

er s

lavi

ng a

t

fast

foo

d pl

ace

or g

oing

to c

olle

ge.

I do

n't k

noll,

for

sur

e w

hat I

unt

to d

o, s

o co

llege

mig

ht ju

st b

e a

was

te o

f tim

e. /

need

to r

elax

aft

eral

l

the

pres

sure

of

high

sch

ool a

nd tr

y to

deci

de w

hat w

ill b

e be

st f

orme."

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NY

A, A

GE

18

lidiE

TE

EN

S

PER

cEN

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o 19

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AR

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e'

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na!

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of

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nge

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ual R

ate

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ent

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LA

BO

R F

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CE

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l Rat

e of

Cha

nge

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ual R

ate

of C

hang

e

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1990

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nfor

cem

ent a

re m

ore

unif

orm

whe

n

seri

ous

type

of

crim

e is

invo

lved

so

that

rat

es m

ay b

e

com

pare

d am

ong

the

stat

es. '

Vio

lent

cri

me'

is d

efin

ed

here

as

hom

icid

e, f

orci

ble

rape

, rob

bers

and

agg

ra-

vate

d as

saul

t.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

The

rat

e of

arr

ests

of

juve

nile

s fo

r vi

olen

t cri

mes

has

decr

ease

d in

Kau

ai a

nd M

aui C

ount

ies,

but

not e

lsew

here

in th

e st

ate.

The

hig

her

rate

s in

O'a

hu a

nd H

awai

i cau

se th

e st

ate

rate

to r

efle

ct,

an in

crea

se. A

lthou

gh it

is a

sta

ndar

d m

easu

re

and-

com

para

ble

to r

ates

in o

ther

sta

tes,

the

rate

is a

rtif

icia

lly lo

w b

ecau

se it

is 'p

er

100,

000

teen

s' w

hich

incl

udes

fem

ales

with

a ve

ry lo

w r

ate.

92

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

EX

PE

RIE

NC

E:

"Crim

e is

eas

y w

hen

you'

ve g

ot n

othi

ng to

lose

. At l

east

I ha

ve

som

e m

oney

and

som

e

guys

to b

ang

arou

nd

with

...w

e do

n't b

othe

r

anyo

ne a

roun

d he

re. t

ine

been

in tr

oubl

e at

sch

ool

and

with

the

cops

= n

ow I

feel

like

they

're ju

st w

atch

-

ing

me

to s

ee w

hat l

du

Wro

ng, n

ext."

AN

ON

YN

IOU

S Y

OU

TH

, AG

I: 15

Ann

ual R

ate

of C

hang

eA

nnua

l Rat

e of

Cha

nge

Rec

ent

Stat

e

1980

218

1990

242

1980

-199

0'

1.06

,

CO

UN

TY

:

Hon

olul

u23

224

90.

70

Haw

aii

167

205

2.07

Kau

ai'1

8824

3 .

.

Mau

i:1

6022

9'3

.59

Fem

ale

381

482.

33

Mal

e38

642

30.

93

1994

1990

-199

4T

rend

258

1.55

;,li

taiti

ME

SIM

EM

292

2.40

182

1.69

110

-15.

64

133

-7.7

4

584.

45

462

2.17

ET

HN

ICIT

Y: (

perc

ent o

f you

thar

rest

sor

utol

e:vt

4112

1,4)

,MO

NO

MM

IIM

Cau

casi

an

Japa

nese

Haw

aiia

n

Filip

ino

Chi

nese

Paci

fic

Isla

nder

'

Afr

ican

-Am

eric

an

Oth

er

1980

1990

.19

94 .

% o

f yo

uth

popu

latio

n

8.5

14.1

12.3

30.2

3.3

3.5

3.4-

15.8

46.7

32.2

31.6

-18

.4

7.7

23.3

10.7

17.5

0.4

1.1

1.S

.3.

8

'12.

913

.816

.03.

5

0.4

1.1

6.4'

2.9

19.9

9.9

' 7.9

BE

ST

CO

PY

AV

AIL

AB

LE93

Rec

ent

Tre

nd

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Ear

ly u

se o

f ci

gare

ttes

appe

ars

to in

flue

nce

freq

uenc

y as

wel

las

dura

tion

of u

se o

f to

bacc

o an

d in

crea

ses

the

pote

ntia

l for

long

-

term

hea

lth c

onse

quen

ces.

The

dir

ect e

ffec

ts o

f to

bacc

o us

e

on th

e he

alth

of

youn

g pe

ople

hav

e be

en g

reat

ly

unde

rest

imat

ed. N

icot

ine

depe

nden

cy th

roug

h ci

gare

tte

smok

ing

is n

ot o

nly

the

mos

t com

mon

for

m o

f dr

ug

addi

ctio

n, b

ut th

e on

e th

at c

ause

s m

ore

deat

h an

d di

seas

e

than

all

othe

r ty

pes

of a

ddic

tions

com

bine

d.

Cig

aret

te s

mok

ing

is n

eith

er n

eces

sary

nor

suf

fici

ent

for

othe

r fo

rms

of d

rug

abus

e or

dep

ende

nce.

How

ever

,

seve

ral s

tudi

es h

ave

iden

tifie

d ci

gare

tte s

mok

ing.

as a

risk

fac

tor

in th

e de

l)el

opm

ent o

f al

coho

l use

and

illeg

al d

rug

use.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

Nat

iona

lly, s

mok

ing

rate

s of

teen

ager

s ha

ve r

ecen

tly

incr

ease

d, a

fter

nea

rly

a de

cade

of

rem

aini

ng

cons

tant

, des

pite

the

accu

mul

atin

g ev

iden

ce o

f

smok

ing'

s le

thal

eff

ects

. The

incr

ease

s ar

e am

ong

boys

and

gir

ls o

f al

l soc

io-

econ

omic

leve

ls, a

mon

g

thos

e pl

anni

ng to

atte

nd c

olle

ge a

s w

ell a

s th

ose

who

will

not

, in

all r

egio

ns o

f th

e co

untr

y, a

nd in

both

urb

an.a

nd r

ural

set

tings

. The

rat

es h

ave

rece

ntly

incr

ease

d in

Haw

aii a

s w

ell.

Ado

lesc

ent g

irls

are

at g

reat

er r

isk

of s

mok

ing

than

boy

s.

94

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

kXP

ER

IEN

CE

:

"Lot

s of

no,

frie

nds

smok

ed s

o I s

tart

ed,

too.

It m

akes

me

fret

mor

e so

phis

ticat

ed

and.

calm

s m

e do

wn

whe

n I'm

upt

ight

. Afte

r

a de

mon

stra

tMn

at

scho

ol o

f sm

okin

g's

effe

ct

on lu

ngs,

I so

rt o

f trie

d to

quit,

but

not

for

long

."

jEN

NIF

EK

, AG

E17

SU

BS

TA

NC

E U

SE

IIIG

II S

CI1

001,

ST

1 D

EV

I'SW

ilo S

mol

a R

EG

uLA

RLy

1991

'Ann

ual R

ate

of. C

han

e19

9P-9

4.R

ecen

tT

rend

Fem

ale

24.3

Mal

e I

22.3

AG

E A

T W

HIC

HA

bUL

TSM

OK

ER

S B

EG

AN

SM

OK

ING

RE

GU

AR

LY

Mau

'i

Kau

a'i

Haw

aii

O'a

hu

20 &

old

er

0.10

%20

%80

%40

%50

%B

O%

70%

BO

% 95

90%

100%

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Whi

le b

eing

bor

n to

a te

en m

othe

r pl

aces

a b

aby

at r

isk

of s

ome

heal

th a

nd d

evel

opm

enta

l pro

blem

s, th

ere

is

also

an

effe

ct o

n th

e te

en w

oman

who

bec

omes

pre

g-

nant

. She

fac

es c

hoic

es th

at w

ill r

emai

n w

ith h

er th

e

rest

of

her

life.

Wha

teve

r he

r de

cisi

on, s

tudi

es h

ave

show

n th

at s

he is

at h

eigh

tene

d ri

sk o

f sc

hool

fai

l-

ure

and

delin

quen

cy w

hich

cou

ld p

lace

lim

itatio

ns

on h

er li

fe o

ppor

tuni

ties.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

The

rat

e of

teen

pre

gnan

cy h

as f

alle

n sl

owly

but s

tead

ily f

or f

emal

es 1

5-19

sin

ce 1

990.

Thi

s is

pri

mar

ily d

ue to

dec

lines

at t

he o

lder

STO

RY

TO

LD

LiT

EX

PER

IEN

CE

:

ages

, with

the

rate

stil

l ris

ing

shar

ply

amon

gT

he s

econ

d tim

e I g

otEtE

RIA

qEPR

EgR

IAN

C7

16-y

ear-

olds

. The

cou

ntie

s of

Hon

olul

u

and

Kau

ai h

ave

show

n de

clin

es, w

hile

Haw

aii C

oUnt

y ha

s ex

peri

ence

d a

sub-

stan

tial i

ncre

ase.

96

preg

nant

I re

sist

ed a

ll th

e

pres

surd

s fr

om m

y fo

lks

and

from

Dar

rell

to h

ave

an

abor

tion.

I'm

not

sur

e ye

t if

that

ivas

the

right

thin

g to

do.

I'm th

inki

ng th

at I

coul

d le

t it

be a

dopt

edbu

t tha

t wou

ld b

e

real

ly h

ard

to. d

o. I'

ll pr

obab

ly

have

to q

uit s

choo

l 'ca

use

I don

't

thin

k aq

yone

will

hel

p m

e m

uch.

"

CE

CIL

IA, A

GI.

17

TE

EN

PR

EG

NA

NC

Y R

AT

E(p

er 1

,000

wom

en a

ge 1

5-19

)

Ann

ual R

ate

of C

hang

e.1

980.

1990

.19

80-1

990

87.5

92.6

0.57

State

1994

91.0

Ann

ual R

ate

of C

hang

e19

90-1

994

-0.44

Honolulu

79.5

75.1

-0.56

73.S

-0.54

Hawai`i

131.8'

157.0

1.75

179.3

.3.32

Kaua`i

91.9

104.9

1.32

99.8

-1.25

Maui

'84.6

113.3

2.92

117.6

0.92

AG

E-S

PEC

IFIC

PR

EG

NA

NC

Y R

AT

ES:

:

15.

22.1

29.9

3.02

29.9

0.02

16

42.0

47.7

1.28'

60.8

6.05

17.

.76.9

87.4

1.28

87.3

-0.03

18

128.1

129.2

0.09

130.5

0.24

19

158.1

161.9

0.24

138.0

-4.00

TEENAGE, PREGNANCY RATES BY COUNTY

BE

ST C

OPY

MO

RE

97

Rec

ent

Tre

nd

same

60

Diff

iden

t tre

nds

are

obse

rved

in e

ach

cort

illr

preg

nanc

y ra

tes

helv

e

incr

ease

d dr

amat

ical

ly

on Il

awai

'i, in

crea

sed

som

ewha

t on

Kau

di a

nd

slig

htly

mor

e on

Mau

i,

but d

eclin

ed o

n °W

hit.

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Aio

usE

Aod

Nzc

oiE

ci (

AcI

E22

ihno

ugh

77)

Res

earc

h sh

ows

a st

rong

cor

rela

tion

betw

een

a hi

sto-

ry o

f ab

use

and

a va

riet

y of

pro

blem

beh

avio

rs th

at

exte

nd in

to a

dulth

ood,

incl

udin

g su

bsta

nce

abus

e,

crim

inal

act

iviti

es, a

nd p

oor

soci

al a

djus

tmen

t.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

The

rat

e of

abu

se a

nd n

egle

ct o

f ad

oles

cent

s an

d

yout

hs h

as d

eclin

ed s

ince

199

0. T

he d

ecre

ase

has

been

- m

ore

subs

tant

ial f

or th

is a

ge g

roup

than

for

the

very

you

ng.

NO

TE

: The

rat

e sh

own

this

yea

r is

per

1,0

00

kids

whi

le la

st y

ear

the

rate

was

per

100,

000

kids

. The

re h

ave

been

som

e

amen

dmen

ts in

num

bers

as

info

rmat

ion

from

the

Ann

ual S

tatis

tical

Rep

ort o

f th

e

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

uman

Ser

vice

sw

as

used

. In

1995

, dat

a w

ere

from

a s

pe-

cial

tabl

uatio

n of

that

dep

artm

ent.

t98

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

EX

PE

RIE

NC

E:

"I h

ad a

won

derf

ul, s

wee

t,

lovi

ng m

othe

r w

ho w

as

trap

ped

in th

e m

arria

ge a

nd

felt

like

ther

e w

as n

o w

ay o

ut.

I don

't lik

e to

det

ail e

xact

ly

wha

t Hap

pene

d to

me.

It's

ver

y

pain

ful a

nd i

feel

like

the

scar

s

and

the

brok

en b

ones

and

the

pain

are

tim

er g

oing

to g

o aw

ay.:"

RO

SE

MA

RIE

, AG

E 1

3

RA

TE

OF

CH

ILD

AB

USE

AN

D N

EG

LE

CT

AG

Es

12-1

7(p

er 1

00,0

00 c

hild

ren

of th

is a

ge)

'Ann

ual R

ate

of C

hang

eA

nnua

l Rat

e of

Cha

nge

1980

1990

1980

-199

019

9419

90-1

994

Stat

e'3

.77.

77.

156.

4-4

.29

INC

IDE

NT

: OF

MA

LT

RE

AT

ME

NT

IN

HA

WA

I`I

BY

TY

PE, 1

994

Abu

se =

45%

Rec

ent

Tre

nd

Abu

se a

nd N

egle

ct =

18%

Neg

lect

= 2

4%

Sexu

al A

buse

= 1

3%

BE

ST C

OPY

AM

AM

I99

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UE

EN

Vio

iEN

T

Dea

ths

of te

enag

ers

by s

uici

de, b

y ho

mic

ide,

or

by a

ccid

ent

are

pote

ntia

lly p

reve

ntab

le a

nd, a

s su

ch, r

epre

sent

ser

ious

faili

ngs

in s

ocie

ty. I

llnes

s is

the

caus

e of

few

er th

an h

alf

of

teen

dea

ths.

Vio

lent

dea

ths

are

a m

easu

re o

f th

e ab

ility

of

teen

ager

s to

mak

e sa

fe a

nd h

ealth

y ch

oice

s re

gard

ing

thei

r liv

es.

ST

OR

Y T

OLD

BY

TH

E D

AT

A:

The

rat

e of

teen

vio

lent

dea

ths

cont

inue

d to

dec

reas

e in

.H

awai

i and

in a

ll co

untie

s ex

cept

Kau

al. T

he r

ate

for

fem

ales

dec

lined

muc

h m

ore

than

for

mal

es. I

n 19

94,

ther

e w

ere

no d

eath

s du

e to

hom

icid

e in

Haw

aii

Cou

nty

or in

Kau

ai, n

o su

icid

es in

Kau

ai, a

nd n

o

deat

hs f

rom

inju

ry in

Mau

i. N

ativ

e H

awai

ian,

Paci

fic

Isla

nder

, and

Afr

ican

-Am

eric

an y

outh

s ar

eS

TO

RY

TO

LD B

Y

over

-rep

rese

nted

(fo

r H

awai

ians

, 40%

of

the

EX

PE

RIE

NC

E:

deat

hTbu

t onl

y '1

8% o

f th

e te

en p

opul

atio

n; f

or"i

t is

so h

ard,

so

hard

Paci

fic

Isla

nder

s an

d A

fric

an-A

mer

ican

s, e

ach

to g

o O

n ev

ery

day

-

has

7% o

f th

e de

aths

but

onl

y 4%

of

the

teen

popu

latio

n). C

auca

sian

teen

s ar

e th

e m

ost

unde

r-re

pres

ente

d w

ith 1

7% o

f th

e de

aths

and

30%

of

the

popu

latio

n.

100

even

doi

ng, t

he s

impl

e

thin

gs. M

y be

st f

rien

d

Was

kill

ed in

rr

traf

fic

acci

dent

last

yea

r It

um

-

n't h

is f

ault

or n

othi

n'.

was

sup

pose

d to

be

with

him

, but

dad

mad

e m

e

wor

k at

hom

e. W

hat d

oes

Suic

ide=

25%

that

mew

s?"

EA

1115

kqE

5 1J

5 ir

taf

Euc

oth

91)

TE

EN

VIO

LE

NT

DE

AT

HS

(hom

icid

es, s

uici

des,

and

acc

iden

ts /n

r ,1

;;es

15 -

19)

Ann

ual R

ate

of C

hang

eA

nnua

l Rat

e of

Cha

nge

Rec

ent

.

1980

1990

1980

-199

019

9419

90-1

994

Tre

nd.

Stat

e..

C0 1J N T

:

Hon

olul

u54

.0

Haw

aii

i37

.1

Kau

a`i

67.5

Mau

i60

.1

'53.

252

.4

Fem

ale

Mal

e

43.6

77.0

30.3

109.

1

23.3

72.5

-0.4

2

-2.1

47.

30-8

.00

5.97

138.

4

35.4

59.6

56.6

28.9 8.0

66.9

-6.7

7

-5.2

0-6

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15.4

7-3

3.18

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83-2

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NO

TE

: The

num

ber

of te

en v

iole

nt d

eath

s is

sm

all s

oth

at g

reat

var

iabi

lity

is e

xpec

ted

over

tim

e. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

num

ber

of d

eath

s in

Kau

a'i w

as.1

in 1

990

and

in 1

994,

but

this

res

ults

in a

larg

ech

ange

in th

e ra

tes.

CA

USE

S O

F T

EE

N D

EA

TH

S IN

199

4, A

GE

15-1

9

All

Oth

er C

ause

s =

42%

Acc

iden

ts =

29%

MIC

HA

EL

, AC

E17

BE

ST C

OPY

WH

AM

101

Homicide.4%

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T C

AN

BE

DO

NE

Now

that

we

can

see

fact

s ab

out t

he w

ell-

bein

g of

chi

ldre

n in

Haw

aii,

wha

tca

n w

e do

to m

ake

mor

e of

the

tren

ds e

arn

'hap

py f

aces

'? W

heth

er o

ne s

tart

s fr

oma

spec

ific

desi

red

outc

ome

(sch

ool r

eadi

ness

, hig

h sc

hool

com

plet

ion,

res

pons

ible

soc

ial

beha

vior

s, e

tc.)

or

look

s at

them

as

over

all w

ell-

bein

g,a

com

mon

list

of

esse

ntia

l

unde

rlyi

ng c

ondi

tions

em

erge

s. C

harl

es B

rune

r, in

. Rea

lizin

ga

Vis

ion

for

Chi

ldre

n, F

amili

es, a

nd N

eigh

borh

oods

: An

Alte

rnat

ive

to O

ther

Mod

est

Prop

osal

s, s

umm

ariz

es f

indi

ngs

of s

tudi

es o

f ri

sk, p

rote

ctiv

e fa

ctor

s, a

nd r

esili

ency

. in

child

ren

as f

ollo

ws:

CO

ND

ITIO

NS

NE

ED

ED

FO

R C

HIL

DR

EN

TO

SU

CC

EE

DA

T H

IGH

LE

VE

LS

Safe

ty a

nd S

ecur

ity

econ

omic

and

phy

sica

l sec

urity

, with

in th

e ho

me

and

neig

hbor

hood

envi

ronm

enta

l and

pub

lic s

afet

y

Soci

al S

uppo

rt a

nd R

esili

ency

a nu

rtur

ing,

sta

ble

fam

ily e

nvir

onm

ent

adul

t men

tors

and

rol

e m

odel

s in

the

com

mun

ity

oppo

rtun

ities

to e

xert

eff

ort a

nd a

chie

ve s

ucce

ss

Prof

essi

ohal

Ser

vice

s an

d Su

ppor

ts

heal

th c

are

for

med

ical

nee

ds

dece

nt s

choo

ls a

nd s

choo

ling

acce

ss to

pro

fess

iona

l ser

vice

s to

trea

t any

con

ditio

ns o

r ne

eds

that

may

aris

e an

d re

quir

e pr

ofes

sion

al c

are

102

The

abs

ence

of

thes

e co

nditi

ons

puts

chi

ldre

n at

gre

ater

ris

k, w

ith a

com

poun

ding

of

risk

as

few

er o

f th

ese

prot

ectio

ns a

nd s

uppo

rts

are

in p

lace

. Mor

e im

port

antly

, it i

s

the

exis

tenc

e of

pos

itive

con

ditio

ns th

at is

nee

ded,

not

just

the

abse

nce

of n

egat

ive

cond

ition

s (a

buse

, neg

lect

, dan

ger)

.

The

pas

t yea

r ha

s se

en g

reat

deb

ate

with

the

issu

e of

'who

's r

espO

nsib

le?'

Wha

t is

the

role

of

gove

rnm

ent?

of

chur

ches

? of

indi

vidu

als?

of

corp

orat

ions

? M

ost p

ublic

fund

ing

for

child

ren

and

fam

ilies

add

ress

es o

nly

the

botto

m s

et o

f co

nditi

ons o

n th

is

list,

ofte

n as

rea

ctiv

e pr

ofes

sion

al s

ervi

ce. M

ost p

ublic

'and

pri

vate

dev

elop

men

t eff

orts

are

desi

gned

, at '

best

, to

prod

uce

bette

r ho

usin

g or

cre

ate

new

jobs

and

not

to c

reat

e

resi

dent

ial s

tabi

lity

or w

orkf

orce

rea

dine

ss. M

any

of th

ese

prot

ectiv

e co

nditi

ons

invo

lve

the

pres

ence

of

netw

orks

of

supp

ort.w

ithin

the

com

mun

ity. T

his

play

s to

the

stre

ngth

s of

indi

vidu

als

and

faith

com

mun

ities

.

To

reco

gniz

e th

at a

ll ha

ve a

rol

e an

d re

spon

sibi

lity

in im

prov

ing

the

lives

and

wel

l-

bein

g of

chi

ldre

n m

ay n

ot b

e en

ough

. A s

hare

d vi

sion

of

how

thes

e ef

fort

sca

n be

inte

rtw

ined

to f

orm

the

new

'saf

ety

net'

for

kids

mus

t be

deve

lope

d. C

onsi

der

wha

t

you

can

do a

s an

indi

vidu

al, a

s pa

rt o

f yo

ur jo

b or

pro

fess

ion,

as

a -m

embe

r of

the

com

mun

ity to

enh

ance

thes

e co

nditi

ons

for

succ

ess

of o

ur c

hild

ren

and

yout

h. .103

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EN

dS IN

BA

SIC

INC

IICA

TO

RS

: HA

WA

I4i A

Nd

US

1(1d

.

Perc

ent c

hild

ren

in p

over

ty

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

HI

16.8

16.3

'15.

716

.317

.216

.717

.4-

16.2

17.4

17.0

*

US

20.8

20.5

20.0

19.6

19.5

'19.

820

.020

.621

.0

Nat

e: th

is u

ses

Haw

ai`i

pove

rty

leve

l as

115%

of n

atio

nal l

evel

for

Haw

ai`i

data

, nat

iona

l lev

el fo

r U

Sda

ta (

due

to c

ost o

f liv

ing

diffe

renc

es).

"19

94 is

est

imat

e of

the

115%

leve

l

Perc

ent o

f fa

mili

es w

ith c

hild

ren

head

ed b

y a

sing

le p

aren

t

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

.

HI

21.5

21.0

20.2

20.6

20.7

20.7

20.9

22.0

US

21.6

,22

.022

.322

.823

.424

.224

.725

.326

.0

Perc

ent l

ow-b

irth

-wei

ght b

abie

s (w

eigh

ing

less

than

5.5

pou

nds)

1985

1986

.19

8719

8819

8919

9019

9119

9219

9319

94

HI

6.5

6.9

7.0

6.9

7.1

7.1.

6.8

7.2

6.9

6.5

US

6.8

6.8

6.9

6.9

7.0

7.0

7.1

7.1

7.2

Infa

nt'M

orta

lity

Rat

e (p

er 1

,000

live

bir

ths)

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

HI

8.8

9.3

'8.

97.

28.

36.

77.

46.

37.

26.

4

US-

10.6

10.4

10.1

10.0

9.8

9.2

8.9

8.5

8.4

BE

ST C

OPY

MA

KA

BL

E

Chi

ld D

eath

Rat

e (a

ges

t -14

, per

100

,000

chi

ldre

n)

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

HI

26.0

27.9

27.5

22.3

29.5

26.1

22.6

25.2

20.0

21.2

US

33.8

33.7

33.3

33.2

32.4

30.5

30.7

28.8

30.0

405

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(10

Num

ber

of b

irth

s to

teen

s (p

er 1

,000

fem

ales

age

s 15

-17)

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

HI

2322

2424

2832

3531

30

US

3131

3234

3637

.39

3838

Tee

n vi

olen

t dea

th r

ate

(age

s 15

-19,

per

100

,000

teen

s)

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

HI

45.6

38.0

.49.

456

.445

.551

.031

.5

US

62.8

68.5

66.5

69.7

69.3

70.9

71.1

Juve

nile

vio

lent

cri

me

arre

st r

ate

(per

100

,000

you

ths)

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

HI

189

208

214

223

220

223

248

US

305

310

319

347

385

429

457

Perc

ent o

f te

ens

who

are

hig

h sc

hool

dro

pout

s (a

ges

16-1

9)

1985

1986

1987

1988

.19

8919

9019

91

1992

1993

40.8

35.6

66.6

69.0

,

1992

1993

241

223

483

506

1992

1993

HI

4.8

4.8

5.5

7.0

7.1

6.8

5.6

6.3

5.0

US

10.5

10.4

10.3

10.4

10.5

10.3

9.9

9.3

9.0

BE

ST C

OPY

AV

AiL

AB

LE

Perc

ent o

f te

ens

not a

ttend

ing

scho

ol a

nd n

ot w

orki

ng

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

HI

11.1

9.7

9.1

9.2

9.2

10.1

US

11.0

10.5

10.1

9.8

9.7

10.0

1QQ

A H

awai

'i K

irk C

nunt

Rat

a R

rsnk

1991

10.3

10.1

1992

1993

11.6

10.0

9.9

10.0

1994

1994

38.9

1994

258

1994

1994 10

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ThO

dOlO

gy A

Nd

SO

UR

CE

S

All

rate

s an

d pe

rcen

ts o

f ch

ild p

opul

atio

n ar

e ba

sed

on p

opul

atio

nnu

mbe

rs f

rom

the

1980

and

1990

cen

sus

and

offi

cial

est

imat

es o

f th

e 19

94 p

opul

atio

n as

prov

ided

by

the

Haw

aii D

epar

tmen

t of

Bus

ines

s, E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t & T

ouri

sm o

r fr

om o

ffic

ial U

SB

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus

publ

icat

ions

.

Chi

ld p

opul

atio

n es

timat

es f

or c

ount

ies

and

ethn

ic c

lass

ific

atio

ns w

ere

mad

e by

Haw

aii K

ids

Cou

nt

for

the

purp

ose

of c

alcu

latin

g ra

tes

at th

ose

leve

ls a

s th

e of

fici

al c

ensu

ses

timat

es a

re s

tate

wid

e by

gend

er a

nd s

ingl

e ye

ar o

f ag

e;

FAM

ILY

. CO

MPO

SIT

ION

AN

D R

ESO

UR

CE

S

Perc

ent o

f ch

ildre

n in

pov

erty

: the

per

cent

age

of r

elat

edch

ildre

n un

der

age

18 w

ho li

ve in

fam

ilies

with

inco

mes

bel

ow th

e U

.S. p

over

ty th

resh

old,

as

defi

ned

by th

e U

S O

ffic

e of

Man

agem

ent a

nd B

udge

t. So

urce

: cen

sus

data

and

info

rmat

ion

from

the

Cur

rent

Pop

ulat

ion

Surv

ey, M

arch

Sup

plem

ent.

Perc

ent i

n si

ngle

-par

ent f

amili

es: t

he p

erce

ntag

e of

all

child

ren

unde

r ag

e 18

who

live

in f

amili

es

head

ed b

y a

pers

on w

ithou

t a:s

pous

e pr

esen

t in

the

hom

e. S

ourc

e: c

ensu

sda

ta a

nd s

peci

al

tabu

latio

ns o

f in

form

atio

n fr

om th

e C

urre

nt P

opul

atio

nSt

irve

Y, B

urea

u of

Lab

or S

tati4

ics.

Tee

n bi

rth

rate

: the

num

ber

of b

irth

s to

teen

s pe

r 1,

000

fem

ales

age

s 15

=19

.So

urce

: cen

sus

data

and

info

rmat

ion

from

the

Off

ice

of H

ealth

Sta

tus-

Mon

itori

ng,D

epar

tmen

t of

Hea

lth.

Perc

ent o

f bu

dget

exp

ende

d fo

r ho

usin

g: th

e pe

rcen

tage

of

cons

umer

units

spe

nt o

n ho

usin

g

cost

. Sou

rce:

Dep

artm

ent o

f B

usin

ess,

Eco

nom

icD

evel

opm

ent a

nd T

ouri

sm.

Perc

ent w

ith h

ealth

insu

ranc

e: th

e pe

rcen

tage

of,

child

ren

unde

r ag

e18

who

are

cov

ered

by

priv

ate

or p

ublic

hea

lth in

sura

nce,

incl

udin

g Q

uest

and

Med

icai

d. S

ourc

e: C

urre

nt P

opul

atio

n

Surv

ey, M

arch

Sup

plem

ent.

INFA

NC

Y A

ND

EA

RL

Y C

HIL

DH

OO

D

(rou

ghly

0-5

yea

rs)

Perc

ent.b

avin

g ea

rly

pren

atal

car

e: th

e pe

rcen

tage

of

live

birt

hs in

whi

ch th

e m

othe

r ha

d

pren

atal

car

e in

the

firs

t tri

mes

ter

of th

e pr

egna

ncy.

Sou

rce:

Off

ice

of H

ealth

Sta

tus

Mon

itori

ng,

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

.

Perc

ent l

ow-b

irth

-wei

ght b

abie

s: th

e pe

rcen

tage

of li

ve b

irth

s w

eigh

ing

unde

r 2,

500

gram

s

(5.5

pou

nds)

. Sou

rce:

Off

ice

of H

ealth

Sta

tus

Mon

itori

ng,D

epar

tnie

nt o

f H

ealth

.

Infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

: the

num

ber

of d

eath

s oc

curr

ing

toin

fant

s un

der

one

year

of

age

per

1,00

0 liv

e bi

rths

. Sou

rce:

Off

ice

of H

ealth

Sta

tus

Mon

itori

ng,D

epar

tmen

t of

Hea

lth.

Perc

ent f

ully

imm

uniz

ed b

y ag

e 2:

the

perc

enta

geof

chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

the

com

plet

e se

ries

of

vacc

ines

pro

tect

ing

them

aga

inst

chi

ldho

od d

isea

ses

(DT

P/D

T, P

olio

, Mea

sles

, Rub

ella

, and

Mum

ps)

with

in th

eir

firs

t tw

o ye

ars

of li

fe. S

ourc

e: R

etro

spec

tive

Kin

derg

arte

n Su

rvey

, Haw

aii

Imm

uniz

aion

Pro

gram

, Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

Perc

ent i

dent

ifie

d at

dev

elop

men

tal r

isk:

the

perc

enta

geof

chi

ldre

n bi

rth

to a

ge 3

who

haw

been

iden

tifie

d as

hav

ing

deve

lopm

enta

l del

ays

orbi

olog

ical

ris

k fa

ctor

s an

d/or

env

iron

men

ta

risk

fac

tors

whi

ch p

lace

them

at r

isk

of h

avin

g de

lays

inde

velo

pmen

t. So

urce

: Zer

o-T

o-T

hret

Haw

ai`i

Pro

ject

.'

Perc

ent o

f po

vert

y fo

ur-y

ear-

olds

enr

olle

d in

subs

idiz

ed p

re-s

choo

l: th

e nu

mbe

r of

pov

erty

rela

ted

four

-yea

r-ol

ds e

nrol

led

in H

ead

Star

t, O

pen

Doo

rs,a

nd th

e K

ameh

ameh

a C

ente

r-B

ase(

Pres

choo

ls d

ivid

ed b

y th

e ch

ild p

over

ty r

ate

times

the

num

ber

of f

our-

year

-old

s. S

ourc

e: H

eat

Star

t, th

e G

over

nor's

Off

ice

of C

hild

ren

and

You

th,a

nd K

ameh

ameh

a Sc

hool

s.

Rat

e of

chi

ld a

buse

: num

ber

of c

hild

ren

invo

lved

inco

nfir

med

rep

orts

of

child

abu

se a

nd/o

negl

ect p

er 1

,000

chi

ldre

n ag

e 0-

5. S

ourc

e: D

epar

tmen

t of

Hum

anSe

rvic

es.

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EL

EM

EN

TA

RY

SC

HO

OL

YE

AR

S

(rou

ghly

age

s 6-

11)

Chi

ld d

eath

rat

e: th

e nu

mbe

r of

dea

ths

from

all

caus

es to

chi

ldre

n be

twee

n ag

es 1

and

14

per

100,

000

child

ren

in th

is a

ge r

ange

. Sou

rce:

dea

th d

ata

from

Offi

ce o

f Hea

lth S

tatu

s M

onito

ring,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth.

Per

cent

of c

hild

ren

with

wor

k fo

rce

pare

nts

who

are

enr

olle

d in

sup

ervi

sed

prog

rak

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

enro

lled

in th

e A

+ p

rogr

am d

ivid

ed b

y th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

ldre

n ag

e 6-

11 w

ith b

oth

or o

nly

pare

nt e

mpl

oyed

. Sou

rce:

A+

enr

ollm

ent f

rom

Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n; n

umbe

r of

child

ren

with

bot

h or

onl

y pa

rent

em

ploy

ed fr

oM c

ensu

s da

ta%

Per

cent

of t

hird

gra

ders

sco

ring

abov

e av

erag

e (s

tani

nes

7-9)

and

ave

rage

(S

tani

nes

4-6)

on

the

Sta

nfor

d A

Chi

evem

ent T

est (

SA

T)

mat

hem

atic

s po

rtio

n. S

ourc

e: S

choo

l Sta

tus'

and

Impr

ovem

ent R

epor

ts, D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion.

Per

cent

chi

ldre

n w

ith s

peci

al n

eeds

enr

olle

d in

app

ropr

iate

pro

gram

:. th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

ldre

n

in p

ublic

ele

men

tary

sch

ools

enr

olle

d in

spe

cial

edu

Cat

ion

clas

ses

divi

ded

by th

e nu

mbe

r of

child

ren

in th

ese

publ

ic s

choo

l gra

des.

. Sou

rce:

Sch

ool S

tatu

s an

d Im

prov

emen

t Rep

orts

,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n.

Rat

e of

chi

ld a

buse

: num

ber

of c

hild

ren

invo

lved

in c

onfir

med

rep

orts

of c

hild

abu

se a

nd/o

r

negl

ect p

er 1

,000

chi

ldre

n ag

e 6-

11. S

ourc

e: D

epar

tmen

t of H

uman

Ser

vice

s.

YO

UT

H(r

ough

ly ,1

2-1

8)

Rat

e of

teen

vio

lent

dea

ths:

the

num

ber

of d

eath

s fr

om h

omic

ide,

sui

cide

, and

acc

iden

ts to

teen

s

betw

een

ages

15

and

19, p

er 1

00,0

00 te

ens

in th

is a

ge g

roup

. Sou

rce:

dea

th d

ata

from

Offi

ce o

f

Hea

lth S

tatu

s M

onito

ring,

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth.

,

... Per

cent

of e

ight

s gr

ader

s sc

orin

g ab

ove

aver

age

(sta

nine

s 7-

9) a

nd a

vera

ge (

stan

ines

4-6

) on

the-

Sta

nfor

d A

chie

vem

ent T

est (

SA

T)

mat

hem

atic

s po

rtio

n. S

ourc

e: S

choo

l Sta

tus

and

Impr

ovem

ent R

epor

ts, D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion.

110

Per

cent

gra

duat

ing

from

hig

h sc

hool

on

time:

the

num

ber

of h

igh

scho

ol g

radu

ates

in a

ny o

ne

year

div

ided

by

the

nint

h gr

ade

enro

llmen

t fou

r ye

ars

earli

er. t

nclu

des

publ

ic a

nd p

rivat

e

scho

ols.

Sou

rce.

: Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n.

Tea

ts n

ot in

sch

ool,

not i

n w

orki

ng: t

he p

erce

ntag

e of

teen

ager

s be

twee

n ag

es 1

6 an

d 19

who

are

not e

nrol

led

in s

choo

l (fu

ll or

par

t-tim

e) a

nd n

ot e

mpl

oyed

(fu

ll or

par

t-lim

e). S

ourc

e:

Cen

sus

data

for

1980

and

199

0; s

peci

al ta

bula

tions

of C

urre

nt P

opul

atio

n S

urve

y m

icro

data

prep

ared

by

the

Bur

eau

of L

abor

Sta

tistic

s.

Rat

e of

chi

ld a

buse

: num

ber

of y

outh

s (a

ge 1

2-17

) in

volv

ed in

con

firm

ed r

epor

ts o

f chi

ld a

buse

and/

or n

egle

ct p

er 1

,000

you

ths

in th

is a

ge g

roup

. Sou

rce:

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hum

an S

ervi

ces.

Sub

stan

ce u

se la

te: t

he p

erce

ntag

e of

tent

h gr

ader

s w

ho r

epor

t the

y re

gula

rly s

mok

e

ciga

rette

s. S

ourc

e: b

ienn

ial s

tudy

by

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth a

nd D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion.

Tee

n pr

egna

ncy

rate

: the

num

bero

f birt

hs, a

bort

ions

, and

feta

l dea

ths

to w

omen

und

er th

e ag

e of

20 p

er 1

,000

wom

en o

f thi

s ag

e. S

ourc

e: O

ffice

of H

ealth

Sta

tus

Mon

itorin

g, D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

.

Juve

nile

vio

lent

crim

e ar

rest

rat

e: th

e nu

mbe

r of

arr

ests

of y

outh

s un

der

age

18 fo

r vi

olen

t

offe

nses

(ho

mic

ide,

forc

ible

rap

e, r

obbe

ry, o

r ag

grav

ated

ass

ault)

per

100

,000

you

ths

betw

een

ages

10

and

17: S

ourc

e: C

rime

Pre

vent

ion

Div

isio

nDep

artm

ent o

f the

Atto

rney

Gen

eral

.

1996

Haw

ai'i

Kid

s C

ount

Dat

a B

ook

111

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