Abstract #301381

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301381
Activity Number: 297
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #301381
Title: Using the Monthly Current Population Survey to Develop Timely Indicators of Child Well-Being
Author(s): William P. O'Hare*+
Companies: The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Address: 701 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202,
Keywords: children ; well-being ; indicators
Abstract:

The 1990s saw the emergence of several regular data-based reports on the well-being of children in the U.S However, one of the on-going criticisms of child well-being indicators has been a lack of timeliness. There is often a two- or three-year lag in the availability of measures. In the mid-1990s the Census Bureau began releasing a public use file of the monthly Current Population Survey in the month following data collection. This source of data would allow one to produce some measures of child well-being that are as up-to-date as the unemployment rate. This paper explores some of the child well-being indicators that can be gleaned by tabulating the public use data file from the CPS on a monthly basis, presents tables with these indicators, compares trends in these indicators to economic indicators that are traditionally available on a monthly basis, and provides a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of this data source.

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