America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007

For Further Information

There are several good places to obtain additional information on each of the indicators found in this report, including the tables, data source descriptions, and the website.

Tables

For many of the indicators, Appendix A, Detailed Tables, contains additional detail not discussed in the main body of the report. In addition, downloadable tables are available (both in PDF or Microsoft Excel format). When available and feasible to report, tables show data by the following categories: gender, age, race and Hispanic origin, poverty status, parental education, region of the country, and family structure.

Data Source Descriptions

Appendix B, Data Source Descriptions, contains information on and descriptions of the sources and surveys used to generate the indicators, as well as information on how to contact the agency responsible for collecting the data or administering the relevant survey. Also, numerous publications of the Federal statistical agencies provide additional detail about indicators in this report, and on other areas of children's well-being. Two such reports include The Condition of Education, published annually by the National Center for Education Statistics and Health, United States, published annually by the National Center for Health Statistics. Often these compendia contain additional details not reported in America's Children.

Website

Finally, the Forum's website, http://childstats.gov, contains data tables, links to previous reports, links for ordering reports, and additional information about the Forum. The website provides extended tables, when available, with additional years of data that cannot all be shown in the printed report. It provides links to previous America's Children reports (from 1997 to 2006), which are available in PDF format. The website also includes links for those interested in ordering printed copies of the report and additional information about the Forum.