| Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop Contributor(s): National Research Council and Institute (Author), Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc (Author), Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309052491 ISBN-13: 9780309052498 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1995 Annotation: Interest in monitoring and understanding the lives of children has grown rapidly in recent years. Fueled in part by growing pressures to hold public programs accountable for outcomes, as well as by mounting concerns about the instability and apparently worsening problems that characterize the live of many children, those who shape our nation's child policies are increasingly looking to the federal statistical system for answer to complex questions about the development of children in today's society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Statistics - Social Science | Children's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 305.230 |
| LCCN: 95078856 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.08" W x 9.01" (0.82 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Those who make and implement policies for children and families are seriously hampered by several features of the federal statistical system: categorical fragmentation, sampling strategies that follow adults and families rather than children, and lack of longitudinal data on children. This volume examines the adequacy of federal statistics on children and families. It includes papers on the relevant aspects of health care reform, family and community resources, interpersonal violence, the transition to school, and educational attainment and the transition to work. |