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Measures of Child Well-Being in Utah, 1996.Utah Children, Salt
Lake City.Jan 9673p.
Utah Children, 747 East South Temple, Suite 150, SaltLake City,
UT 84102 ($10).Statistical Data (110) Reports Descriptive (141)
MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.*Adolescents; Births to Single Women;
Birth Weight;Child Abuse; Child Health; *Children; Class
Size;Crime; Day Care Centers; Demography; Divorce; DropoutRate;
Early Parenthood; Economically Disadvantaged;Homeless People;
Infant Mortality; Infants; MortalityRate; One Parent Family;
Poverty; Prenatal Care;State Surveys; Statistical Studies;
StatisticalSurveys; Tables (Data); *Well BeingArrests; *Utah
This 1996 Kids Count report presents data andanalysis for 20
indicators of children's well-being in Utah. Thereport's
introductory section discusses the impact of social andeconomic
trends, which may contribute to a polarization of "have's"and "have
nots" in Utah. The bulk of the report provides statisticson the 20
indicators, clustered within four major areas: (1) health,including
first trimester prenatal care, low birth weight newborns,infant
mortality, births to adolescents, immunization rates, andchildren
eligible for free or reduced price school meals; (2)
education, including current educational expenditures per
child,average class size, dropout rate, and idle teenagers; (3)
safety,including child abuse investigations, child death rates,
teen violentdeath rates, and juvenile violent crime arrest rates;
and (4)economic security, including divorce rates, single-headed
familieswith children, available spaces in licensed child care
centers,children receiving subsidized child care, children in
poverty, publicaid recipients, and homeless children. For each
indicator, backgroundinformation is provided on the selection of
the indicator, indicatorsare defined, and yearly Utah data from
1985 to 1994 on the indicatorare presented. County data are also
presented for 1994. A sectiondescribing Utah Children, the Utah
Kids Count project, the Childrenof Color Task Group, and membership
information concludes thepublication. (KDFB)
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