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Child Social Well-Being in the U.S. - Unequal Opportunities and the Role of the State (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,636

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Child Social Well-Being in the U.S. - Unequal Opportunities and the Role of the State (Hardcover): Ingrid Philips Whitaker

Child Social Well-Being in the U.S. - Unequal Opportunities and the Role of the State (Hardcover)

Ingrid Philips Whitaker

Series: Children of Poverty

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In this study, the author explains the inequalities that exist between U.S. states with respect to child social well-being outcomes by demonstrating that state level characteristics (which are structural in nature) can predict child social well-being outcomes. Child social well-being outcomes are quite variable in the United States. Children in states like Connecticut, Minnesota, and Vermont experience relatively good outcomes, while children in states like Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama experience poor outcomes. Although these inequalities suggest the need for strong federal child welfare policies to raise the well-being of all children to a minimum standard, such policies remain absent from the child welfare policy agenda.

Using data from the U.S. census and various child welfare and social welfare organizations, the study demonstrates that economic, population, and child welfare policy characteristics of states influence indicators of child social well-being, including child poverty rates, infant mortality rates, and out-of-home placement rates.

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Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Children of Poverty
Release date:	November 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Ingrid Philips Whitaker
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	278
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-3233-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Child welfare Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > Local government policies Promotions
LSN:	0-8153-3233-5
Barcode:	9780815332336