Integrating Federal Statistics on Children - Report of a Workshop

Interest in monitoring and understanding the lives of children has grown rapidly in recent years. Fueled in part by growing pressures to hold public programs accountable for outcomes, as well as by mounting concerns about the instability and apparently worsening problems that characterize the live of many children, those who shape our nation's child policies are increasingly looking to the federal statistical system for answer to complex questions about the development of children in today's society.

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Examines the adequacy of federal statistics on children and families. This volume includes papers on the relevant aspects of health care reform, family and community resources, interpersonal violence, the transition to school, and educational attainment and the transition to work.

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• Autori: Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics & Board, Committee on National Statistics and Boa, Committee on National Statistics and Board on Children and Families, Division Of Behavioral And Social Scienc, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute Of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, National Research Council and Institute, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
• Editore: National Academies Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.10.1995
• EAN: 9780309052498
• ISBN: 978-0-309-05249-8
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 154 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 372 g
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche cliniche; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie