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A Partial Listing of Problems Facing American Children, Youth, and Families
This collection of brief issue papers uses diverse data to describe 15 major problems facing American children and families. Each paper summarizes the state of knowledge about the scope of the problem, trends, current government expenditures, costs per case, effectiveness of current intervention strategies and public attitudes about the problem areas.
Reliability and Validity of the National Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect Study Conducted by Westat Associates in 1988: Methodological Review
This report summarizes a methodological review of the 1988 National Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect Study (NIS-2) and highlights the review's implications.
Changes in Marriage and Fertility Behavior: Behavior Versus Attitudes of Young Adults
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Changes in Marriage and Fertility Behavior: Behavior Versus Attitudes of Young Adults Kristin A. Moore, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Stief Child Trends, Inc. July 1989 PDF Version
Quality in Child Care: What It Is an How It Can Be Encouraged
This speech, given at the Family Impact Seminar, briefly describes several issues concerning the regulation of child care including: who should regulate child care, whether standards effectively improve quality, how child care has been regulated since the late 1800s, current regulation practices, and how current child care legislation addresses regulation.
Report on Problems and Suggestions for Improving the NLTCS Files for 1982 and 1984
This paper summarizes the problems with and suggestions for improving the National Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS) files. It incorporates many of the concerns and ideas users stated at a Forum on the NLTCS. It outlines concrete areas where improvements and increased technical support are needed so that the research community can conduct the most useful and credible studies possible.
Small Area Estimation of Dependency: Final Report
Health planning efforts for the elderly have been hampered by the lack of reliable estimates of the non-institutionalized long-term care population. Until recently national estimates were virtually non-existent, and reliable local estimates remain unavailable.
Epidemiological, Demographic, and Social Correlates of Disability Among the Elderly
A study was conducted on elderly long-term care population characteristics and service use; it focused on functional transitions at advanced ages and the impact of long-term care services on these transitions.