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Child Trends Databank

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Child Trends Databank
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/C4KAQX
 
Creator N/A
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Users can view and download tables, figures, and reports on a variety of indicators related to children, youth and families in the United States.

Background

Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and families by providing research and data to inform decision-making that affects children. In addition to conducting its own research, Child Trends works with federal and state officials and other researchers to improve the quality, scope, and use of data on children and their families. The Databank provides trends information and national estimates on a variety
of indicators, organized by the following broad categories: health, social and emotional development, income assets and work, education and skills, demographics, and family and community.

User Functionality

Under the broad categories, users can view a list of sub-categories. From there, users can click on their area of interest to get to a more detailed list of indicators. For example, under "health," users can click on "Mental Health," to get a list of indicators such as "suicidal teens." For each indicator, users can view and download figures and tables that are organized by: headlines and importance; trends and subgroup differences; related indicators; state, loc
al and international estimates; national goals; and related programs. Users can also search using an alphabetical list of indicators, age, or subgroup. The subgroup search is organized by child characteristics, family characteristics or community characteristics. Child characteristics include age, race/ ethnicity, gender, grade, immigration status; family characteristics include parental education level, family structure, poverty and income, parental employment status; and community characteristics include geographic region, metro/non-metro residence, and type of school.

Data Notes

The data source and other references are clearly marked for each figure and table. A complete list of references is included for each indicator.
 
Subject health status
disability
mental health
health related behaviors
violence
drugs
alcohol
tobacco
health care
healthcare
early development
pro-social activities
pro-social attitudes
sexual activity
teen childbearing
teen pregnancy
deliquency
crime
poverty
income
social support
employment
parental eductional attainment
learning assessments
school attendance
learning
birth outcomes
death
family structure
living arrangements
peer relationships
family
school
community
lead poisoning
overweight children
ADHD
disordered eating
children with special health care needs
learning disabilities
asthma
children with HIV
HIV
low birthweight
male infant circumcision
depression
suicidal teens
breastfeeding
condom use
smoking while pregnant
oral sex
seatbelt use
school athletics
cigarette use
alcohol
bedtime
family meals
child maltreatment
dating violence
students carrying weapons
infant homicide
neighoborhood safety
teen homicide
firearm death
teen suicide
physical fights
well child visits
health care coverage
immunizations
prenatal care