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ED 405 114 PS 025 094
TITLE KIDS COUNT in Michigan 1994 Data Book: CountyProfiles of
Child and Family Well-Being.
INSTITUTION Kids Count in Michigan, Lansing.SPONS AGENCY Annie
E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.PUB DATE 94NOTE 351p.; For 1995
Data Book, see PS 025 095; for 1996
Data Book, see PS 025 096. Funding also provided bythe Skillman
Foundations.
AVAILABLE FROM KIDS COUNT in Michigan, 300 North Washington
Square,Suite 401, Lansing, MI 48993; phone:
800-837-5436,517-487-5436; fax: 517-371-4546 ($5 plus 6% salestax,
includes postage and handling).
PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141) Statistical Data (110)
EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC15 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS At Risk Persons;
Child Health; *Children; *Counties;
Demography; *Economically Disadvantaged; ElementarySecondary
Education; Infant Mortality; One ParentFamily; Outcomes of
Education; Population Trends;Poverty; *Social Indicators; State
Norms; StateSurveys; Statistical Data; *Well Being
IDENTIFIERS Family Support; *Indicators; *Michigan
ABSTRACTThis Michigan Kids Count data book for 1994
describes
the condition of children in each of Michigan's 83 counties.
Thefirst part of the report presents discussions of economic
security,housing, child care, education, and health care,
addressing the stateand national experience for families and
children, critical issues,and policies and programs with the
potential to affect outcomes forchildren. The second part of the
report presents a more detailedpicture for each county in five (1)
economic security (the geographicdistribution of poverty within
counties); (2) 10-year trends in riskybirths using three health
indicators: teenage mothers with inadequateprenatal care; low
birthweight babies; births to teens without a highschool diploma;
(3) education outcomes as reflected in the basicskills test results
(Michigan Education Assessment Program scores)for 4th, 5th, 7th,
8th, 10th and 11th grades; (4) trends in ratechanges over time for
each county on eight key indicators of childwell-being (inadequate
prenatal care, low birth-weight babies, birthsto teens with no
diplomas, infant mortality, child deaths, teenviolent deaths,
serious (index) crime arrests, and high schooldropouts (1993); and
(5) county trends compared to statewide trends.The report notes
that, overall, the majority of Michigan's childrenare adequately
housed and nurtured. However, there is a growing shareof the
state's children who are not being reared with these supports.These
children can be found in urban, suburban, and ruralcommunities. The
report's appendix presents annual data for tenindicators for the
state and counties. (AA)
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