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More Data On Children and the “Great Recession” »
Back on June 28, Strengthening Families blogged about trend data showing declines in child well-being at the start of the economic downturn. Since then, two new reports are out that offer some good news mixed with the bad: nationally, teen births and child abuse rates are down, children’s health insurance coverage is up, and eight graders’ math and reading scores increased. But economic security indicators continue their downward trend. Most alarmingly, thenpercentage of children living in food insecure homes rose to its highest level since 1995.
America’s Children In Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010 is… Read more »
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