Presentation on the KIDS COUNT Data System

1. Presentation on the KIDS COUNT Data System William O’Hare 2007

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

3. 2 MAJOR ACTIVITIES ON WEBSITE • GET PUBLICATIONS • KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK • OTHER NATIONAL KIDS COUNT PUBLICATIONS • STATE KIDS COUNT PUBLICATIONS • GET CHILD INDICATOR DATA

4. WWW.KIDSCOUNT.ORGHOMEPAGE William O’Hare 2007

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

7. 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

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

9. DATA FROM 3 SOURCES • DATA FROM THE 2000 CENSUS • COMMUNITY LEVEL DATA --CLIKS –COMMUNITY LEVEL INFORMATION ON KIDS SYSTEM ---DATA PUT UP BY STATE GRANTEES—VARIES FROM STATE TO STATE • STATE-LEVEL DATA (111 MEASURES)

10. RETRIEVAL POSSIBILITIES ARE THE SAME FOR EACH TYPE OF DATA • PROFILES • RANKINGS • MAPS • TRENDS OVER TIME • RAW DATA

11. State-Level Data

12. 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

13. ALL DATA FROM FEDERAL STATISTICAL AGENCIES • CENSUS BUREAU • NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS • NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS • BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

14. 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)

15. 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)

17. SELECT PROFILES AND CHOSE STATE FROM DROPDOWN MENUCLICK GO

19. MAIN PROFILE OPTIONS • SELECTION OF MEASURES IN THE PROFILE • WITH OR WITHOUT NOTES/SOURCES • RATES OR NUMBERS

20. SELECT DETAILED DATA FROM HEALTH CATEGORY (Under Create a Custom Report go to second button for full list of measures available)

22. WITH NOTES/SOURCES AND RAW NUMBERS

24. COMPARISONS ACROSS STATES ON ONE MEASURE RANKINGS MAPS TRENDS OVER TIME

26. SELECT ONE OF THE DATA CATEGORIES FROM THE MENU AND THEN SELECT MEASURE FROM MENU (HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS SELECTED IN EXAMPLE)

29. PRODUCE MAP OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT DATA BY CLICKING MAP ICON IN PREVIOUS SLIDE

31. NOTE MESSAGE TO SAVE MAP

32. TO PRODUCE TRENDS GRAPHCLICK ON THE GRAPH ICON AND PICK UP TO 8 GEOGRAPHIC UNITS

34. 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

38. 2000 CENSUS DATA

40. Income and Poverty Parental Employment Education Language Disability Neighborhood Characteristics Age and Sex Race Hispanic Origin Status Living Arrangements

41. 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

42. LOOMING ISSUE FOR KIDS COUNT OF MOVING FROM DECENNIAL CENSUS TO ACS DATA

43. Forhelp with the KID COUNT Website Contact: Mark Gregor mark@velir.com TELEPHONE 617.491.6900