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Abstract #302626

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Activity Number: 338
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
Abstract - #302626
Title: An Index of the Condition of Children: The Ideal and a Less-Than-Ideal Example
Author(s): Kristin A. Moore*+
Companies: Child Trends, Inc.
Address: 4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20008,
Keywords: Indicators ; Indices ; Children ; Families ; National Survey of America's Families
Abstract:

Like indicators that track the economy, indicators of child well-being have proliferated in recent years. Motivated by a desire for one memorable number with which to monitor child well-being, several efforts have been initiated to develop omnibus indicators of child well-being. In this paper, we first discuss the characteristics of a child well-being index that might be developed based on theory and prior research without regard to the availability of data over time needed to construct the index. Second, using available data, we describe and present several indices that depict theoretically important aspects of children's lives (e.g., social, demographic, and family factors) and inorporate the multiple domains of children's development (e.g., health and safety, educational and cognitive development, and social and emotional development). We draw on data from the National Survey of America's Families, a rich but imperfect source of contemporary data on children and their families, for t. Third, we create and discuss an overall index of the condition of children that combines sociodemographic, family, and child well-being measures across domains.

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