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February 22, 2012
Winter Child Indicator Newsletter Features Report on Healthy People 2010, the New Supplemental Poverty Measure, and More |
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Child Trends publishes The Child Indicator three
times a year to communicate major developments and new resources within
the child and youth indicators field to interested advocates,
researchers, and data developers. The Winter 2012 issue provides a roundup of recent updates to key national indicator reports, and features several new resources.
Since
1979, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has undertaken a
rigorous indicator project, which sets 10-year targets related to a
vision of improved health for all Americans. The National Center for
Health Statistics has released the Healthy People 2010: Final Review,
and while not entirely encouraging, there are some areas showing
improvement. Of the 733 objectives that have been tracked over the past
decade, 23 percent (170) met their targets, while 48 percent (349) moved
in a favorable direction. Importantly, the final report shows an
increase in life expectancy over the past 10 years. Healthy People 2020 will include significantly more indicators of child and youth well-being.
In addition, the Winter Child Indicator features
information on the Supplemental Poverty Measure, a new measure
developed to take into account government policies and rising overall
incomes that the standard poverty measure fails to acknowledge. For
children, the new measure primarily reflects how public assistance
programs have kept some children and families from falling into poverty.
The Supplemental Poverty Measure puts the rate of child poverty at 18.2 percent, rather than the official rate of 22.5 percent.
The latest volume of The Child Indicator also
highlights three new reports on vital statistics, 2011 data on reading
and math scores among fourth-and eighth-grade students, as well as the
latest data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health
Care Needs.
Child Trends produces and distributes The Child Indicator with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Past issues are available here.
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