Presentation on the KIDS COUNT Data System

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Presentation on the KIDS COUNT Data System

• William OHare
• 2007

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MY AIM IS TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE KIDS COUNT
WEBSITE CAN DO NOT DETAILS ON HOW TO DO IT.
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2 MAJOR ACTIVITIES ON WEBSITE

• GET PUBLICATIONS
• KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK
• OTHER NATIONAL KIDS COUNT PUBLICATIONS
• STATE KIDS COUNT PUBLICATIONS
• GET CHILD INDICATOR DATA

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WWW.KIDSCOUNT.ORGHOMEPAGE

• William OHare
• 2007

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• KIDS COUNT
• --Census Data
• --Community-Level Data
• --State-Level Data
• KIDS COUNT State Network
• KIDS COUNT FAQ
• KIDS COUNT Resources

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KIDS COUNT State Network

• CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KIDS COUNT GRANTEE IN
  EACH STATE
  
• KIDS COUNT Network Website
• SEARCH WEBSITES OF ALL STATE KIDS COUNT GRANTEES

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KIDS COUNT RESOURCES

• NATIONAL KIDS COUNT PUBLICATIONS
• DATA BOOK
• POCKET GUIDE
• DATA WHEEL
• KIDS COUNT WORKING PAPERS
• PUBLICATIONS FROM STATE GRANTEES

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DATA FROM 3 SOURCES

• DATA FROM THE 2000 CENSUS
• COMMUNITY LEVEL DATA --CLIKS COMMUNITY LEVEL
  INFORMATION ON KIDS SYSTEM ---DATA PUT UP BY
  STATE GRANTEESVARIES FROM STATE TO STATE
  
• STATE-LEVEL DATA (111 MEASURES)

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RETRIEVAL POSSIBILITIES ARE THE SAME FOR EACH
TYPE OF DATA

• PROFILES
• RANKINGS
• MAPS
• TRENDS OVER TIME
• RAW DATA

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State-Level Data
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STATE-LEVEL DATA

• 111 STATE INDICATORS AVAILABLE
• CONSISTENT ACROSS STATES
• CONSISTENT OVER TIME
• MOST ARE AVAILABLE SINCE 2000
• COVER MOST DOMAINS OF CHILD WELL-BEING
• COVER DEVELOPMENT FROM BIRTH THROUGH EARLY
  ADULTHOOD
  

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ALL DATA FROM FEDERAL STATISTICAL AGENCIES

• CENSUS BUREAU
• NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS
• NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
• BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

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TYPES OF STATE DATA AVAILABLE

• Children in Immigrant Families (16)
  Education (26) Employment and Income (15)
  Health (21) RIGHT START DATA
  
• Health Insurance (4) Population and Family
  Characteristics (12) Poverty (11) Youth Risk
  Factors (7)

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THE RIGHT START DATA

• PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO TEENS
• REPEAT TEEN BIRTHS
• SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY
• LESS THAT HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE
• INADEQUATE PRENATAL CARE
• BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN
• LOW BIRTHWEIGHT BABIES
• PRETERM BABIES
• BIRTHS TO FOREIGN-BORN MOTHERS (new)

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SELECT PROFILES AND CHOSE STATE FROM DROPDOWN
MENUCLICK GO
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MAIN PROFILE OPTIONS

• SELECTION OF MEASURES IN THE PROFILE
• WITH OR WITHOUT NOTES/SOURCES
• RATES OR NUMBERS

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SELECT DETAILED DATA FROM HEALTH CATEGORY

• (Under Create a Custom Report go to second button
  for full list of measures available)

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WITH NOTES/SOURCES AND RAW NUMBERS
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COMPARISONS ACROSS STATES ON ONE MEASURE

• RANKINGS
• MAPS
• TRENDS OVER TIME

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SELECT ONE OF THE DATA CATEGORIES FROM THE MENU
AND THEN SELECT MEASURE FROM MENU

• (HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS SELECTED IN EXAMPLE)

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PRODUCE MAP OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT DATA BY
CLICKING MAP ICON IN PREVIOUS SLIDE
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NOTE MESSAGE TO SAVE MAP
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TO PRODUCE TRENDS GRAPHCLICK ON THE GRAPH
ICON AND PICK UP TO 8 GEOGRAPHIC UNITS
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CLIKS (COMMUNITY LEVEL INDICATOR ON KIDS SYSTEM)

• DATA PUT UP BY STATE KIDS COUNT GRANTEES MOSTLY
  COUNTY LEVEL
  
• SUBJECT MATTER DIFFERS FOR EACH STATE
• TIME PERIOD COVERED DIFFERS FOR EACH STATE

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2000 CENSUS DATA
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Income and Poverty Parental Employment Educa
tion Language Disability Neighborhood Charac
teristics Age and Sex Race Hispanic Origin S
tatus Living Arrangements
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CHILD INDICTORS 2000 CENSUS DATA AVAILABLE

• The United States
• Individual states
• The nation's 243 largest cities (100,000
  population)
  
• Counties
• American Indian/Alaska Native/Hawaiian Home Lands
  
  
• Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• Congressional districts (for the 108th congress)
  
  
• New England Towns

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LOOMING ISSUE FOR KIDS COUNT OF MOVING FROM
DECENNIAL CENSUS TO ACS DATA
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For help with the KID COUNT Website
Contact Mark Gregor mark_at_velir.com TELEPHONE
617.491.6900