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Childstats.gov
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics 1997
URL: www.childstats.gov
Last visited September 2012
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Keywords Children (age groups), Electronic media, Statistics, United States of America
Review DOI 10.1108/09504121311290363
The United States Federal government collects a variety of statistics that measure the health and well-being of its citizens. One effort has been the gathering in one internet site of statistics related to children and families. The agency responsible for collecting and analyzing the data is the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. The Interagency was established in 1997 by Executive Order 13045 (www.gsa.gov/portal/ content/101586). This forum, comprising 22 federal agencies, produces an annual report, "America's children: key national indicators of well-being", otherwise known as Childstats.gov. Besides the current report, the website provides previous America's Children reports starting in 1997.
The report is divided into eight areas of research as well as supplementary figures and tables. The first area, or chapter, Demographic Background, reports on the racial and ethnic composition of children. The report includes a brief description of the indicators shown in graph form. Each indicator includes a citation of the origins of the graphs. Other references are included that give more information on the topic. These indicators presented include population by age, percent of population by age and percent of population...