| Bureau of Labor Statistics – Current Population Survey (CPS) |
Federal Survey Data |
Income and poverty status, labor force and work experience, educational attainment, family & household characteristics & living conditions, demographics, participation in welfare programs (child care subsidies, WIC, Child Health Insurance, Food Stamps, Job training). Child Care variables include number of children in paid care while parents work; number of children that needed non-parental care while parents worked, number of children receiving child care assistance. |
No
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| US Department of Education -National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data |
Federal Administrative Data |
Enrollment in public pre-kindergarten, enrollment in public kindergarten; children eligible for free lunch; children eligible for reduced price lunch |
Yes: see data for academic year 2001-2002
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| US Department of Health and Human Services -Administration of Children and Family Services, Head Start Bureau |
Federal Administrative Data |
Head Start Funding, Head Start enrollment, age and racial/ethnic composition (only at national level) |
Yes: see data for FY 2002
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| US Census Bureau –Decennial Census |
Federal Census Data |
Median family and household income; unemployment rate; family income distribution, population by age; number of children by age and employment status of parents; poverty status by age; and female over 16 years of age by employment status and age of own children, school enrolment (public and private) for nursery school, pre-school, kindergarten |
Yes: see data for 2000
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| US Census Bureau - Survey of Income and Program Particpation (SIPP) |
Federal Survey Data |
Health, disability, & physical well-being, earned income, child care & financial support, education & employment, family & household characteristics & living conditions, Demographics, welfare reform (safety net programs - participation and eligibility). Information on child care includes: information on all child care arrangements, for all children under 15, from mothers, single fathers, or guardians, regardless of labor force status. Those with children under age 15 are asked about the type of child care arrangements, who provides the care, the number of hours of care per week, where the care is provided, and the cost of the care. |
No
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| US Department of Education - National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey (NHES) |
Federal Survey Data |
ECPP Survey (Children's participation in formal and informal nonparent care and education programs, characteristics of care arrangements, numbers of children and care providers in arrangement); SR survey (children's home literacy activities with family members, school adjustment, early school experiences); and extensive background and household information was also collected about children and their families. |
No
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| Urban Institute and Child Trends - National Survey of American Families |
National Survey Data |
Health status, heath care coverage, health care access and use, child education, child care (child care arrangements by type, number of hours per week in child care, primary child care arrangement, number of child care arrangements used each week, cost of care, number of adults at the child’s care group, number of children at the child’s care group, financial support—employer and government—to pay for child care), employment and earnings, family income, welfare program participation, demographics, child and family well being. |
No
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| Annie Casey Foundation - Kids Count Data Book |
Organizations that Collect Data on Children and Families |
Ten key indicators comprise an index of child well-being used to rank states: percent low birth-weight babies; infant mortality rate; child death rate; rate of teen deaths by accident, homicide, and suicide; teen birth rate; percent of children living with parents who do not have full-time, year-round employment; percent of teens who are high school dropouts; percent of teens not attending school and not working; percent of children in poverty; and percent of families with children headed by a single-parent. The Data Book also provides background information for each state, including demographic, education, health, and economic conditions. |
No
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| Annie Casey Foundation - Kids Count-Census Data Online |
Organizations that Collect Data on Children and Families |
Age and sex, race, Hispanic origin, living arrangements, education, language, and disability status, poverty status by age group employment, |
No
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| Annie Casey Foundation - Kids Count -Census Data |
Organizations that Collect Data on Children and Families |
Births to teens; births to teens who were already mothers; births to unmarried women; births to mothers with less than 12 years of education; births to mothers receiving late or no prenatal care; births to mothers who smoked during pregnancy; low-birthweight births (less than 5.5 pounds); and pre-term births (less than 37 weeks of gestation). |
No
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| Annie Casey Foundation - Kids Count database - CLIKS (County-City-Community Level Information on Kids) |
Organizations that Collect Data on Children and Families |
Most states have some basic demographic indicators of child well-being. The number and type of variables vary by state. In some states there is data available on income and poverty. |
No
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| Child Care and Early Education Research Connections- launched by the National Center for Children in Poverty, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan, and the Child Care Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
Organizations that Collect Data on Early Care and Education |
Demographics, economic conditions, child care policy, and government expenditure in early care and education programs. |
No
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| Children's Defense Fund |
Organizations that Collect Data on Early Care and Education |
Demographics, economic conditions, early care and education, income support programs, health, and education. |
No
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| Child Trends - Databank |
Organizations that Collect Data on Children and Families |
Family and community, health, demographics, social and emotional development, income and work, education and skills. |
No
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| National Center for Children in Poverty - Let's Invest in Families Today (LIFT) |
Organizations that Collect Data on Children and Families |
State and Federal policies that assist low-income families and children, including policy rules, children's age and race/ethnicity, income status, education level, family structure, and employment status of parents, income distribution, wages and employment, and housing costs and home ownership. |
No
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| National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) - State databases |
Organizations that Collect Data on Early Care and Education |
Average wage for ealy care and education workers, child care licensing and regulations; number of licensed child care providers, Child Care and Development Funds (CCDF) allocations; number of children and families served by CCDF; TANF transfer to CCDF, early education enrollment by program; number of children and families served by subsidies, population estimates; median income for family of four; percentage of children with working parents, poverty status by age group. |
No
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| Urban Institute - Welfare Rules Database |
Organizations that Collect Data on Early Care and Education |
eligibility, timelimits, benefits, behavioral requirements and others. |
No
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