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Child Poverty
Children in Working Poor Families: Update and Extensions
Richard Wertheimer; Melissa Long; Justin Jager
The Foundation for Child Development
October 2002
The Unfinished Business of Welfare Reform: Improving Prospects for Poor Children and Youth. Perspectives from Research
Kristin Moore; Martha Zaslow
Child Trends
April 2002
Impacts on Children in Experimental Studies of Welfare-to-Work Programs
Most of the research on policies for families receiving welfare has focused on adult outcomes, such as welfare receipt, employment, earnings, and income. This paper builds on an important development in this research: the launching of a set of rigorous experimental studies focusing simultaneously on impacts on adults and children.
Working Poor Families With Children: Summary Report
Richard Wertheimer
Child Trends
February 1999
Children in Working Poor Families: A Review of the Literature
As part of an update and extension of our previous work (Wertheimer, 1999), this review provides a review of this burgeoning literature.
Effects of the JOBS Program on Mother-Child Relations During the Early Months of Program Participation
Martha J. Zaslow; M. Robin Dion; Donna R. Morrison.
Washington, D.C.: Society for Research in Child Development
April 3, 1997
Building Common Definitions and Moving Toward Common Constructs: Planning Phase of the Project on State-Level Child Outcomes
Child Trends
Washington, DC: Child Trends
November 6, 1996
Some National Comparisons of Adopted and Nonadopted Children
Nicholas Zill
Washington, DC: Child Trends
March 1, 1990
A Compendium and Review of Information Sources on Children in Poverty
James Peterson
Washington, DC: Child Trends
February 1985
The Strengths of Poor Families
Sherylls Valladares; Kristin Anderson Moore
May 2009
Children's Access to Health Insurance and Health Status in Washington State: Influential Factors
Gregory Matthews; Kristin Anderson Moore; Mary Terzian
May 2009
The Well-Being of Maryland Parents and Their Children: Differences by Income Status and Family Structure
Richard Wertheimer; Kristin Anderson Moore; Jordan Kahn
May 2009
Children in Immigrant Families – The U.S. and 50 States: Economic Need Beyond the Official Poverty Measure
Donald J. Hernandez; Nancy A. Denton; Suzanne Macartney
April 2009
Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options
Kristin Anderson Moore; Zakia Redd; Mary Burkhauser; Kassim Mbwana; Ashleigh Collins
April 2009
The Well-Being of Children in Working Poor and Other Families: 1997 and 2004
Richard Wertheimer; Kristin Anderson Moore; Mary Burkhauser
September 2008
Child Care Use by Low-Income Families: Variations Across States
Laura Lippman; Sharon Vandivere; Julie Keith; Astrid Atienza
June 2008
How Welfare Reform Might Affect Children: Updating the Conceptual Model
Kristin A. Moore; Martha J. Zaslow
December 2004
Poor Families in 2001: Parents Working Less and Children Continue to Lag Behind
Richard Wertheimer
May 2003
Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options
Kristin Anderson Moore; Zakia Redd
November 2002
Children of Current and Former Welfare Recipients: Similarly at Risk
Kathryn Tout; Juliet Scarpa; Martha J. Zaslow
March 2002
Symptoms of Depression Among Welfare Recipients: A Concern for Two Generations
Surjeet K. Ahluwalia; Sharon M. McGroder; Martha J. Zaslow; Elizabeth C. Hair
December 2001
Teens, Jobs, and Welfare: Implications for Social Policy
Brett Brown
August 2001
Welfare Reform's Impact on Adolescents: Early Warning Signs
Jennifer L. Brooks; Elizabeth C. Hair; Martha J. Zaslow
July 2001
Working Poor Families with Children: Leaving Welfare Doesn't Necessarily Mean Leaving Poverty
Richard Wertheimer
May 2001
The Impacts of Welfare Reform on Domestic Violence: Evidence from 5 States
Sharon Vandivere; Eric Beecroft
ACF Annual Welfare Research & Evaluation Conference
June 13-15, 2005
Do Child Characteristics Affect How Children Fare in Families Receiving and Leaving Welfare?
Sharon Vandivere; Martha Zaslow; Jennifer Brooks; Zakia Redd
NCFR Annual Conference
Orlando, FL
November 20, 2004
Severe Housing Cost Burden and Hardship in Working Families
Sharon Vandivere; Megan Gallagher; Elizabeth Hair; Richard Wertheimer
Population Association of America Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, PA
March 31, 2005
Indicators in the Child Welfare System: Strengthening Abuse & Neglect Courts in America Presentation
Kristin A. Moore
Presentation to a meeting on “Strengthening
Abuse and Neglect Courts in America”
Miami, FL
June 24, 2004
Critical Housing Needs Among Working Families: Child, Parent, and Family Hardship and Well-Being
Elizabeth Hair; Kevin Cleveland; Megan Gallagher; Sharon Vandivere; Richard Wertheimer; Daniel Berry
Presentation to the board of the Center for Housing Policy
Washington D.C.
April 28, 2004
State-Level Welfare Policies and Subsequent Non-Marital Childbearing
Suzanne Ryan; Jennifer Manlove; Sandy Hofferth
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
November 6, 2003
Neighborhood Support and Children’s Connectedness
Brett Wilkenfeld; Kristin Anderson Moore; Laura Lippman
February 2008
Neighborhood Support Index
Brett Wilkenfeld; Kristin Anderson Moore; Laura Lippman
September 2007
Children and Welfare Reform Reauthorization
Child Trends
April 2002
Vulnerable Youth: Recent Trends
R. Wertheimer - A. Atienza. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation. April 2006.
State-level Welfare Policies and Nonmarital Subsequent Childbearing
S. Ryan - J. Manlove - S. L. Hofferth. Population Research and Policy Review, 25(1): 105-128. February 2006. Read more...
Mandatory Welfare-to-Work Programs and Preschool-Age Children: Do Impacts Persist into Middle Childhood?
S. M. McGroder - M. Zaslow - K. A. Moore - J. L. In Brooks. A. C. Huston and M. N. Ripke (Eds.), Development Contexts in Middle Childhood (pp.350-369). Cambridge University Press. 2006. Read more...
Rethinking Race/Ethnicity, Income and Childhood Asthma: Racial/Ethnic Disparities Concentrated Among the Very Poor
L. A. Smith - J. Hatcher - R. S. Kahn - R. F. Wertheimer. Public Health Reports, 120(2): 109-116. March/April 2005. Read more...
Do Child Characteristics Affect How Children Fare in Families Leaving and Receiving Welfare?
S. Vandivere - M. Zaslow - J. Brooks - Z. Redd. Assessing the New Federalism Discussion Paper No. 04-04. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. August 2004. Read more...
Welfare Reform and Children: A Synthesis of Impacts in Five States
Child Trends - MDRC - Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. - Abt Associates. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families (for The Project on State-Level Child Outcomes). March 2004. Read more...
Unsupervised Time: Family and Child Factors Associated with Self-Care
Sharon Vandivere - Kathryn Tout - Martha Zaslow - Julia Calkins - Jeffrey Capizzano.
Assessing the New Federalism series. Urban Institute. April 2003
How Are Children Faring under Welfare Reform? Emerging Patterns
M. Zaslow - K. Moore - K. Tout - J. Scarpa - S. Vandivere. A. Weil and K. Feingold (Eds.), Welfare Reform: The Next Act (pp. 79-101). Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press. 2003.
Children and Welfare Reform Reauthorization
Child Trends. April 2002
Welfare Reform and Children: Potential Implications
M. Zaslow; K. Tout; C. Botsko; K.A. Moore. Urban Institute's Assessing the New Federalism program. June 1998. Read more...
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Child Welfare
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act: Implementation Issues and a Look Ahead at Additional Child Welfare Reforms
Rob Geen
January 2009
Child Trends
State Kinship Care Policies for Children That Come to the Attention of Child Welfare Agencies and and the Casey Kinship Foster Care Survey
Tiffany Allen; Kerry DeVooght; Rob Geen
December 2008
Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse & Neglect in SFY 2006
Kerry DeVooght; Tiffany Allen;
Rob Geen
December 2008
Child Abuse & Neglect Media Handbook
This handbook is intended to be a resource for journalists who cover child abuse and neglect stories. Its purpose is to provide quick and useful references to background and contextual information and to promote better understanding of the complex issues related to child welfare.
Washington, DC: Child Trends.
January 2004
The Timing of Termination of Parental Rights: A Balancing Act for Children's Best Interest
Raquel Ellis; Karin Malm; Erin Bishop
September 2009
The Adoption Tax Credit: Is it an Effective Approach to Promote Foster Care Adoption?
Rob Geen
August 2007
Children in Foster Homes: How Are They Faring?
Sharon Vandivere; Rosemary Chalk; Kristin Anderson Moore
December 2003
Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubling Prospects
Richard Wertheimer
December 2002
The Multiple Dimensions of Child Abuse and Neglect: New Insights Into An Old Problem
Rosemary Chalk; Alison Gibbons; Harriet J. Scarupa
May 2002
National Survey of Adoptive Parents: Data Workshop
Sharon Vandivere; Karin Malm; Laura Radel; Matthew Bramlett
December 2009
Large, nationally representative data that measure pre- and post-adoption experiences of all U.S. adoptive families that have never been available are now available through this study.
Child Welfare: The Challenges of Collaboration
Timothy A. Ross
Child Welfare Brain Trust Panel
Congressional Black Caucus
September 25, 2009
The Well-being of America’s Foster Children: A Comparison of Estimates from Two Nationally Representative Surveys
Sharon Vandivere; Rosemary Chalk
8th International Family Violence Research Conference
Portsmouth, NH
July 16, 2003
State-Level Data on Children in the Child Welfare System
Sharon Vandivere
Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Workshop
May 19, 2004
Adoption USA: A Chartbook on the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents
Sharon Vandivere - Karin Malm. DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. November 18, 2009. This Chartbook presents findings from the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP), the first-ever survey to provide information about the characteristics, adoption experiences, and well-being of adopted children and their families in the United States. Read more...
The Program for Agreement and Cooperation (PAC) in Contested Custody Cases 2007-2009: Implementation and Outcomes Evaluation Report
Megan Kuhfeld - Frances Ballard -
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew - Camille Whitney - Mary Burkhauser -
Kassim Mbwana - Emily Lilja. Washington, DC: American Psycholgical Association Practice Organization. October 15, 2009.
This report presents key findings from the evaluation of the PAC in the District of Columbia, including information on the status of families in the program, the program’s characteristics and performance, and recommendations on how to further develop and improve
the program. Read more...
Indicators for Child Maltreatment Prevention Programs
Timothy Ross - Sharon Vandivere. DC: The Center for the Study of Social Policy. October 2, 2009. This paper describes a set of indicators that could be used to assess the effectiveness of child maltreatment prevention programs. Read more...
Child Welfare: The Challenges of Collaboration
Timothy Ross. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. November 4, 2008. Included are highlights of several scenarios requiring interagency collaboration to help vulnerable youth and an evaluation of Project Confirm, a cross-agency effort to help foster children in juvenile detention.
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Vulnerable Youth: Recent Trends
R. Wertheimer - A. Atienza. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation. April 2006.
An Assessment of State-Level Data on Child Maltreatment and Foster Care: Summary of a Meeting of Experts
R. Wertheimer. Baltimore, MD: The Annie E. Casey Foundation. January 2006.
Sexual Abuse Among Homeless Adolescents: Prevalence, Correlates, and Sequelae
J. Greene - R. Sanchez - J. Manlove - E. Terry-Humen - S. Vandivere - R. Wertheimer - S. Williams - J.Zaff - C. Ringwalt. A report prepared for the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families. November 2002.
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Early Childhood Development
Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures (Second Edition)
Tamara Halle; Jessica Vick Whittaker; Rachel Anderson (Project Managers)
March 2010
This report was written to provide a consistent framework with which to review the existing measures of the quality of early care and education settings. The aim is to provide uniform information about quality measures. It is hoped that such information will be useful to researchers and practitioners, and help to inform the measurement of quality for policy-related purposes.
Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) (Executive Summary)
Tamara Halle; Nicole Forry; Elizabeth Hair; Kate Perper;
Laura Wandner; Julia Wessel; Jessica Vick
June 2009
Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study – Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) (Full Report)
Tamara Halle; Nicole Forry; Elizabeth Hair; Kate Perper;
Laura Wandner; Julia Wessel; and Jessica Vick
June 2009
Early Childhood Predictors of Early School Success: A Selected Review of the Literature
Susmita Pati; Kyleen Hashim; Brett Brown; Alex Fiks; Christopher B. Forrest
May 2009
Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures
Tamara Halle; Jessica Vick
November 2007
See also Early Childhood Measures Profile
Review and Synthesis of Selected Research Reports Submitted to the Child Care Bureau - Full Report
Martha Zaslow; Tamara Halle; Lina Guzman; Bridget Lavelle; Julie Dombrowski Keith; Daniel Berry; Ayonda Dent
March 2006
Review and Synthesis of Selected Research Reports Submitted to the Child Care Bureau - Executive Summary
Martha Zaslow; Tamara Halle; Lina Guzman; Bridget Lavelle; Julie Dombrowski Keith; Daniel Berry; Ayonda Dent
March 2006
Observations of Child Care Provided by Family, Friends and Neighbors in Minnesota
Kathryn Tout; Martha Zaslow
February 2006
Studying and Tracking Early Child Development from a Health Perspective: A Review of Available Data Sources
Brett Brown; Martha Zaslow; Michael Weitzman
New York: The Commonwealth Fund
February 2006
A Snapshot of Quality in Minnesota's Child Care Centers
Kathryn Tout; Julie Sherman
September 2005
National Estimates of Child Care and Subsidy Receipt for Children Ages 0 to 8: What Can We Learn from National Household Education Survey
Akemi Kinukawa; Lina Guzman; Laura Lippman
Child Care Bureau, Administration for Child and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
October 2004
Early Child Development in Social Context: A Chartbook
Brett Brown; Michael Weitzman; Sharon Bzostek; M. Kavanaugh; Dena Aufseeser; Sharon Bagley; Daniel Berry; P. Auinger
New York: The Commonwealth Fund
September 2004
Tiered Reimbursement in Minnesota Child Care Settings
Kathryn Tout; Martha Zaslow
July 2004
How Effective are Different Welfare-to-Work Approaches?: Five-Year Adult and Child Impacts for Eleven Programs
Gayle Hamilton, Stephen Freedman, Lisa Gennetian, Charles Michalopoulos, Johanna Walter, Diana Adams-Ciardullo, Anna Gassman-Pines, Sharon McGroder, Martha Zaslow, Surjeet Ahluwalia, Jennifer Brooks
with Electra Small, Bryan Ricchetti
December 2001
The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies: Impacts on Young Children and Their Families Two Years After Enrollment
Martha J. Zaslow, Sharon M. McGroder, and Kristin A. Moore
2000
An Overview and Synthesis of the Project on State-Level Child Outcomes
This report synthesizes information from five states conducting evaluations.
Suzanne Le Menestrel; Kathryn Tout; Sharon M. McGroder; Martha J. Zaslow; Kristin A. Moore
Washington, DC: Child Trends
April 1999
Parenting Behavior in a Sample of Young Mothers in Poverty: Results of the New Chance Observational Study
Martha J. Zaslow and Carolyn A. Eldred, Editors
April 1998
Implications of Participation in Formal Child Care Arrangements
Martha J. Zaslow; Erin Oldham; Kristin A. Moore; Ellen Magenheim
Washington, DC: Child Trends
November 1997
Effects of the JOBS Program on Mother-Child Relations During the Early Months of Program Participation
Martha J. Zaslow; M. Robin Dion; Donna R. Morrison
Washington, D.C.:Society for Research in Child Development
April 3, 1997
Home Visiting Application Process: A Guide for Planning State Needs Assessments
A guide to help states apply for federal home visiting grants. It outlines key steps for completing the grant application process and provides national and state-level data useful to applicants conducting needs assessments, identifying high-risk populations, and selecting and measuring benchmarks.
Child Trends
June 30, 2010
A Review of School Readiness Practices in the States: Early Learning Guidelines and Assessments
Research on the importance of the early childhood years has compelled states to support children’s school readiness. This brief provides an overview of states’ Early Learning Guidelines (ELGs) and school readiness assessments.
Sarah Daily; Mary Burkhauser; Tamara Halle
June 2010
Early Head Start: Research Findings
This brief summarizes findings from a number of studies, including the Congressionally mandated Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, a rigorous, large-scale, random-assignment evaluation, which concluded that Early Head Start makes a positive difference for children and families in terms of school success, family self-sufficiency, and parental support of child development.
Child Trends
May 10, 2010
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Early Care and Education
Research suggests that high quality early care and education programs can have a significant impact on improving the cognitive, academic and social skills for all children, especially those most at risk for later school failure. A number of states are developing Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) to assess and improve the quality of early care and education programs for children ages birth to five and older.
Child Trends
May 10, 2010
Evaluating, Developing, and Enhancing Domain-Specific Measures of Child Care Quality
Nicole Forry; Jessica Vick; Tamara Halle
May 2009
Early Care and Education Quality and Child Outcomes
Peg Burchinal; Kirsten Kainz; Karen Cai; Kathryn Tout; Martha Zaslow; Ivelisse Martinez-Beck;
Colleen Rathgeb
May 2009
Multiple Purposes for Measuring Quality in Early Childhood Settings: Implications for Collecting and Communicating Information on Quality
Martha Zaslow; Kathryn Tout; Tamara Halle; Nicole Forry
May 2009
What We Know and Don’t Know About Measuring Quality in Early Childhood and School-Age Care and Education Settings
Child Trends
May 2009
Issues for the Next Decade of Child Care Quality Rating Systems
Kathryn Tout; Martha Zaslow; Tamara Halle; Nicole Forry
May 2009
Child Care Use by Low-Income Families: Variations Across States
Laura Lippman; Sharon Vandivere; Julie Keith; Astrid Atienza
June 2008
Food Insecurity and Overweight among Infants and Toddlers: New Insights into a Troubling Linkage
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Martha Zaslow; Randolph Capps; Allison Horowitz
July 2007
Children in Immigrant Families-The U.S. and 50 States: National Origins, Language, and Early Education
This research brief draws on new results of Census 2000 data to take a closer look at children in immigrant families, Tables 1-5.
Donald Hernandez; Nancy Denton; Suzanne Macartney
April 2007
Conceptualizing a Strong Start: Antecedents of Positive Child Outcomes at Birth and Into Early Childhood
Cassandra Logan; Kristin Moore; Jennifer Manlove; Lisa Mincieli; Sarah Cottingham
February 2007
Depression Among Moms: Prevalence, Predictors, and Acting Out Among Third Grade Children
Kristin A. Moore; Elizabeth C. Hair; Sharon Vandivere; Cameron B. McPhee; Michelle McNamara; Thomson Ling
March 2006
Attending Kindergarten and Already Behind: A Statistical Portrait of Vulnerable Young Children
Richard Wertheimer; Tara Croan; Kristin Moore; Elizabeth Hair
December 2003
Children of Current and Former Welfare Recipients: Similarly at Risk
Kathryn Tout; Juliet Scarpa; Martha J. Zaslow
March 2002
Symptoms of Depression Among Welfare Recipients: A Concern for Two Generations
Surjeet K. Ahluwalia; Sharon M. McGroder; Martha J. Zaslow; Elizabeth C. Hair
December 2001
School Readiness: Helping Communities Get Children Ready for School and Schools Ready for Children
Child Trends
October 2001
Fathers' Activities With Their Kids
Brett Brown; Erik Michelsen; Tamara Halle; Kristin Moore
June 2001
How Do Social, Economic, and Cultural Factors Influence Fathers' Involvement With Their Children?
Child Trends
May 1999
The Meaning of Father Involvement for Children
Child Trends
May 1999
Evaluation of Parent Aware: Minnesota’s Pilot Quality Rating System - Key Findings from the Year 2 Evaluation Report
Kathryn Tout
Early Childhood Caucus Briefing
January 20, 2010
Factors Predicting Early Versus Later English Proficiency Among English Language Learners in the ECLS-K
Mirjam Flood; Tamara Halle; Michelle McNamara; Akemi Kinukawa; Elizabeth Hair
SRCD Biennial Meeting
March 31, 2007
A Focus On Caregiver Training
Martha Zaslow
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies National Symposium
February 2007
Measures of Quality at the Intersection of Research, Practice, and Policy
Martha Zaslow; Kathryn Tout
Measures of Quality - Roundtable
December 2006
The Consultant's Role in Early Care and Education
Kathryn Tout and Martha Zaslow on behalf of The QUINCE (Quality Interventions in Early Care and Education) Research Team
National Assocation for the Education of Young Children
November 8, 2006
Improving the Measurement of Early Childhood Professional Development: Working Towards a Recommended Common Core of Measures
Martha Zaslow; Ayonda Dent; Tamara Halle
National Association for the Education of Young Children
November 8, 2006
Issues for the Learning Community From the First Year Results of the Head Start Impact Study
Martha Zaslow
Head Start’s Eighth National Research Meeting
June 27, 2006
The Role of Professional Development in Creating High Quality Preschool Education
Marty Zaslow; Kathryn Tout; Kelly Maxwell; Richard Clifford
Brookings-University of North Carolina Conference on Preschool Education
September 9, 2005
Preliminary Results from the NASCCA Child Care Quality Initiatives Survey
Child Trends and the National Association of State Child Care Administrators
Washington, D.C.
August 9, 2005
The Effect of Type and Extent of Child Care on Low-Income Children's Outcomes in Kindergarten, First, and Third Grades
Tamara Halle; Elizabeth Hair;
Elizabeth Terry-Humen; Martha
Zaslow; Lindsay Pitzer; Bridget
Lavelle; Elizabeth Scott
Society for Research in Child Development
Atlanta, GA
April 9, 2005
Promoting Literacy in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
Tamara Halle; Julia Calkins; Lindsay Pitzer; Ivelisse Martinez-Beck
Head Start 7th Annual National Research Conference
Washington, DC
June 28, 2004
What Can We Learn from the National Household Education Survey: National Estimates of Child Care and Subsidy Receipt for Children Age 0 to 6
Child Care Policy Research Consortium Annual Meeting
April 15, 2004
Testimony to the Minnesota Senate Tax Committee: Quality Tax Credit: SF 2495
Kathryn Tout
Minnesota State Legislature
St. Paul, MN
March 10, 2004
Pathways to Healthy Children: How Parental Education and Child Health Intersect
Elizabeth Hair; Tamara Halle
March 4, 2004
Progress and Prospects in the Development of Indicators of School Readiness
Martha Zaslow; Mairead Reidy; Martha Moorehouse; Tamara Halle; Julia Calkins; Nancy Geyelin Margie
June 2001
Evaluation of Parent Aware: Minnesota’s Pilot Quality Rating System - Key Findings from the Year 2 Evaluation Report
Kathryn Tout
Early Childhood Caucus Briefing
January 20, 2010
Factors Predicting Early Versus Later English Proficiency Among English Language Learners in the ECLS-K
Mirjam Flood; Tamara Halle; Michelle McNamara; Akemi Kinukawa; Elizabeth Hair
SRCD Biennial Meeting
March 31, 2007
A Focus On Caregiver Training
Martha Zaslow
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies National Symposium
February 2007
Measures of Quality at the Intersection of Research, Practice, and Policy
Martha Zaslow; Kathryn Tout
Measures of Quality - Roundtable
December 2006
The Consultant's Role in Early Care and Education
Kathryn Tout and Martha Zaslow on behalf of The QUINCE (Quality Interventions in Early Care and Education) Research Team
National Assocation for the Education of Young Children
November 8, 2006
Improving the Measurement of Early Childhood Professional Development: Working Towards a Recommended Common Core of Measures
Martha Zaslow; Ayonda Dent; Tamara Halle
National Association for the Education of Young Children
November 8, 2006
Issues for the Learning Community From the First Year Results of the Head Start Impact Study
Martha Zaslow
Head Start’s Eighth National Research Meeting
June 27, 2006
The Role of Professional Development in Creating High Quality Preschool Education
Marty Zaslow; Kathryn Tout; Kelly Maxwell; Richard Clifford
Brookings-University of North Carolina Conference on Preschool Education
September 9, 2005
Preliminary Results from the NASCCA Child Care Quality Initiatives Survey
Child Trends and the National Association of State Child Care Administrators
Washington, D.C.
August 9, 2005
The Effect of Type and Extent of Child Care on Low-Income Children's Outcomes in Kindergarten, First, and Third Grades
Tamara Halle; Elizabeth Hair;
Elizabeth Terry-Humen; Martha
Zaslow; Lindsay Pitzer; Bridget
Lavelle; Elizabeth Scott
Society for Research in Child Development
Atlanta, GA
April 9, 2005
Promoting Literacy in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
Tamara Halle; Julia Calkins; Lindsay Pitzer; Ivelisse Martinez-Beck
Head Start 7th Annual National Research Conference
Washington, DC
June 28, 2004
What Can We Learn from the National Household Education Survey: National Estimates of Child Care and Subsidy Receipt for Children Age 0 to 6
Child Care Policy Research Consortium Annual Meeting
April 15, 2004
Testimony to the Minnesota Senate Tax Committee: Quality Tax Credit: SF 2495
Kathryn Tout
Minnesota State Legislature
St. Paul, MN
March 10, 2004
Pathways to Healthy Children: How Parental Education and Child Health Intersect
Elizabeth Hair; Tamara Halle
March 4, 2004
Progress and Prospects in the Development of Indicators of School Readiness
Martha Zaslow; Mairead Reidy; Martha Moorehouse; Tamara Halle; Julia Calkins; Nancy Geyelin Margie
June 2001
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Education
World Family Map Project: Prototype Report
W. Bradford Wilcox; Laura Lippman; Camille Whitney
August 2009
The World Family Map Project (WFMP) will track international indicators of family structure, process, and values, and child well-being outcomes. Child Trends has partnered on this initiative with the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, and is forming additional partnerships with foundations, research organizations, and universities worldwide. This prototype report outlines what the WFMP will accomplish. It tracks three family indicators and explores how family structure is related to educational enrollment.
A Developmental Perspective on College & Workplace Readiness
Laura Lippman; Astrid Atienza; Andrew Rivers; Julie Keith
September 2008
Washington, DC: Child Trends
Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures
Tamara Halle; Jessica Vick
November 2007
See also Early Childhood Measures Profile
Child Health and Well-Being in Miami-Dade County: 2007 Baseline Survey Results
Laura Lippman; Lina Guzman; Sharon Vandivere; Astrid Atienza; Andrew Rivers
October 18, 2007
This report describes the results of a population-based survey administered from January through April 2007 by Child Trends and Florida International University’s Institute for Public Opinion Research for the Children’s Trust. Parents of children ages birth through 17 in Miami-Dade County were surveyed to provide a baseline of data on child health and well-being and to discern unmet needs for services in the Trust’s primary impact areas.
Youth Development Programs and Educationally Disadvantaged Older Youths: A Synthesis
Elizabeth Hair; Thomson Ling; Stephanie Cochran
Washington, DC: Child Trends
July 2003
Academic Achievement Programs and Youth Development: A Synthesis
Zakia Redd; Stephanie Cochran; Elizabeth Hair; Kristin Moore
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 2002
School Readiness Indicator Items and Basic Measures of Progress - Report on CD-ROM
Julia Calkins; Thomson Ling; Eric Moore; Tamara G. Halle; Elizabeth C. Hair; Kristin A. Moore; Martha J. Zaslow
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 2002
Background for Community-Level Work on Educational Adjustment in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
Zakia Redd; Jennifer Brooks; Ayelish McGarvey
Washington, DC: Child Trends
December 2001
Backgound for Community-Level Work on Educational Adjustment in Adolescence: Executive Summary
Zakia Redd; Jennifer Brooks; Ayelish McGarvey
Washington, DC: Child Trends
December 2001
Background for Community-Level Work on School Readiness: A Review of Definitions, Assessments, and Investment Strategies
Martha J. Zaslow; Julia Calkins; Tamara G. Halle; Jonathan Zaff; Nancy Margie
Washington, DC: Child Trends
December 2000
Review of the Research Literature and Implications for Targeted Activities to Improve School Readiness: Summary Table
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 2000
Risk of High School Dropout Among Immigrant and Native Hispanic Youth
Anne Driscoll
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 1998
Trends in Family Life and Children's School Performance
Nicholas Zill
Washington, DC: Child Trends
June 1992
To Provide Preschool Programs for Disadvantaged and Disabled Children to Enhance Their School Readiness
Nicholas Zill; Ellen W. Wolpow
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 1990
Poverty and Educational Achievement: An Analysis Plan
Nicholas Zill
Washington, DC: Child Trends
March 1985
Adolescents and Electronic Media: Growing Up Plugged In
Brett Brown; Pilar Marin
May 2009
A Developmental Perspective for High School Practitioners on College and Workplace Readiness
Laura Lippman; Camille Whitney
April 2009
A Developmental Perspective on Workplace Readiness: Preparing High School Students for Success
Laura Lippmann; Julie Keith
April 2009
The School Environment and Adolescent Well-Being: Beyond Academics
Pilar Marin; Brett Brown
November 2008
Assessing School Engagement: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners
Laura Lippman; Andrew Rivers
October 2008
Qualifications of Public School Teachers for Science, Mathematics, and History
Siri Warkentien; William Herring; Akemi Kinukawa
May 2008
Children in Immigrant Families-The U.S. and 50 States: National Origins, Language, and Early Education
Tables 1-5
Child Trends; Center for Social and Democratic Analysis
April 2007
Attending Kindergarten and Already Behind: A Statistical Portrait of Vulnerable Young Children
Richard Wertheimer; Tara Croan; Kristin Anderson Moore; Elizabeth C. Hair
December 2003
Educating America's Youth: What Makes a Difference
Zakia Redd; Jennifer Brooks; Ayelish M. McGarvey
August 2002
Mentoring: A Promising Strategy for Youth Development
Susan Jekielek; Kristin Moore; Elizabeth Hair; Harriet Scarupa
February 2002
School Readiness: Helping Communities Get Children Ready for School and Schools Ready for Children
Child Trends
October 2001
Developing Data to Portray the Whole Child in Context
Laura Lippman
American Statistical Association/Joint Statistical Meetings
Vancouver, CA
August 2, 2010
World Family Map Project: An Introduction
Kristin Moore; Laura Lippman; Camille Whitney; Brad Wilcox
International Society for Child Indicators
November 2009
Developing Positive Indicators of Child Well-being
Laura H. Lippman
Committee for Children and the Academy for Education Development
October 16, 2009
A Developmental Perspective on College and Workplace Readiness
Laura Lippman
WestEd
October 14, 2009
Developing Indicators of Youth Contribution
Laura Lippman
Youth Contribution Indicators Meeting
Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 13, 2009
Indicators of Flourishing for Children
Laura Lippman
Consortium of European Foundations Education by All for the Well-Being of Children
July 19, 2009
State of the Art of Positive Indicators of Child Well-being
Laura H. Lippman; Kristin Anderson Moore; Hugh McIntosh
UNICEF / OECD / European Commission Well-being Expert Consultation
May 26, 2009
A Cross-national Analysis of Parental Involvement and Student Literacy
Lina Guzman; Gillian Hampden-Thompson; Laura Lippman
International Society for Child Indicators Conference
June 28, 2007
Conceptual Frameworks for a Family Indicator Monitoring System
Laura Lippman; Kristin Moore; Lina Guzman; Jacinta Bronte
Families Australia National Family Wellbeing Symposium
June 2007
International Demography of Youth Spirituality
Laura Lippman & Julie Keith
June 2007
What Do Children Need to Flourish? Findings from Cognitive Interviews
Laura Lippman; Kristin A. Moore; Lina Guzman; Gregory Matthews; Jenny Hamilton
International Society for Child Indicators
June 2007
Home Learning: An Analysis of the Learning Opportunities Inherent in a Mother-Child Book Reading Activity
Jodi Jacobson Chernoff; Meryl Yoches
Boston, Massachusetts: Society for Research in Child Development
April 1, 2007
An Index of Child Well-Being for States, the Nation, and Low-Income Children
Kristin A. Moore; Laura Lippman; Christina Theokas; Margot Bloch; Sharon Vandivere; Bill O'Hare
Population Association of America
Los Angeles, CA
April 2006
The Role of Professional Development in Creating High Quality Preschool Education
Marty Zaslow; Kathryn Tout
Washington, DC: Brookings Institution
Sept. 9, 2005
The Effect of Type and Extent of Child Care on Low-Income Children's Outcomes in Kindergarten, First, and Third Grades
Tamara Halle; Elizabeth Hair;
Elizabeth Terry-Humen; Martha
Zaslow; Lindsay Pitzer; Bridget
Lavelle; and Elizabeth Scott
Society for Research in Child Development
Atlanta, GA
April 9, 2005
Positive Indicators of Youth Development
Laura Lippman; Lina Guzman;
Gregory Matthews; Julie Keith;
Jenny Hamilton; Kristen Asmussen;
Kristin Moore
2005
Promoting Literacy in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings
Tamara Halle; Julia Calkins; Lindsay Pitzer; Ivelisse Martinez-Beck
Head Start 7th Annual National Research Conference
Washington, DC
June 28, 2004
What Can We Learn from the National Household Education Survey: National Estimates of Child Care and Subsidy Receipt for Children Age 0 to 6
Child Care Policy Research Consortium Annual Meeting
April 15, 2004
Naturally Occurring Patterns of School Readiness: How the Multiple Dimensions of School Readiness Fit Together
Elizabeth Hair; Tamara Halle; Elizabeth Terry-Humen;
Julia Calkins
Society for Research in Child Development
2003 Biennial Meeting
Tampa, FL
April 25, 2003
Social and Emotional Aspects of School Readiness: What's Available in National Data Sources
Tamara Halle; Sharon Vandivere; Lindsay Pitzer; and Stephanie Cochran
Society for Research in Child Development
2003 Biennial Meeting
Tampa, FL
April 25, 2003
Positive Educational Outcomes Among School-Age Mothers
Jennifer Manlove, Carrie George
American Educational Research Association,
New York, NY
April 8, 1996
Accentuating the Negative: The Mismatch Between Public Perception of Child Well-being and Official Statistics
Lina Guzman - Laura Lippman, Kristin Moore - William O’Hare. Child Indicators Research, 2(4), 391-416. August, 2009. This paper reports findings from a series of polls designed to ascertain how well the American public understands the circumstances, characteristics, and living conditions of American children. Read more...
Parental Expectations and Planning for College: Statistical Analysis Report
Laura Lippman - Lina Guzman - Julie Keith - Akemi Kinukawa - Rebecca Schwalb - Peter Tice. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. April 2008. This report examines parents' educational expectations for
their children. perceptions parents had about the information schools provided to assist in
postsecondary education planning, and whether families were planning to help finance a postsecondary education for their children. Read more...
Head Start and Early Head Start as an Evolving Model
Martha Zaslow. Infants & Young Children, 21(1), 4-17. January-March 2008. Read more...
Promoting Equal Developmental Opportunity and Outcomes Among America’s Children and Youth
P. Scales - P. Benson - K. Moore - L. Lippman - B. Brown - J. Zaff. Journal of Primary Prevention, 29 (2). March 29, 2008. This paper reveals the extent to which American children and youth experience the five Promises articulated by the America’s Promise Alliance: Caring Adults, Safe Places and Constructive Use of Time, A Healthy Start, Effective Education, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. Read more...
A Microdata Child Well-Being Index: Conceptualization, Creation, and Findings
Kristin A. Moore -Christina Theokas - Laura Lippman - Margot Bloch - Sharon Vandivere - William O’Hare. Child Indicators Research, 1:17-50. January 8, 2008. This paper extends the accumulating body of research addressing the conceptualization and measurement of child well-being and the construction of child well-being indices. Read more...
Cultural Capital. What Does It Offer Students? A Cross-national Analysis
G. Hampden-Thompson - L. Guzman - Laura Lippman. In K. L. Biraimah & W. Gaudelli (Eds.), Education and Social Inequality in the Global Culture. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2008. Read more...
Social Competence: Development of an Indicator for Children and Adolescents
S. Blumberg - A. Carle - K. Moore - L. Lippman. Child Indicators Research, 1(2),176-197. December 21, 2007. Described in this report are several previous efforts to assess social competence and a new measure that was designed for use in the 2003 National Survey of Children’s Health. Also explored are the psychometric characteristics of this brief, behavior-oriented measure and a consideration of its appropriateness as a social indicator. Read more...
An Index of the Condition of Children: The Ideal and a Less-than-Ideal U. S. Example
Kristin Anderson Moore - Sharon Vandivere - Laura Lippman - Cameron McPhee - Margot Bloch. Social Indicators Research, 84:291-331. May 26, 2007. This paper uses recent data on U.S. children from the National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF) to create indices that tally the number of problems or risks that individual children experience. Read more...
Keeping America’s Promises to Children and Youth
Peter C. Scales - Peter L. Benson - Karen Bartig - Katherine Streit - Kristin Anderson Moore - Laura Lippman - Brett Brown - Christina Theokas. Washington, DC: Search Institute. April 2006. A Search Institute-Child Trends report on the results of the America's Promise telephone poll of children, teenagers, and parents. Read more...
Keeping America's Promises to Children and Youth
Peter C. Scales - Peter L. Benson - Karen Bartig - Katherine Streit - Kristin Anderson Moore - Laura Lippman - Brett Brown - Christina Theokas. Washington, DC: Search Institute. April 2006. A Search Institute-Child Trends report on the results of the America's Promise telephone poll of children, teenagers, and parents.
Adolescent and Family Health (Special Edition)
Laura Lippman - Krisin Anderson Moore, Eds. Vol. 4, No. 1. 2006. Read more...
The Measurement of Family Religiosity and Spirituality
Laura Lippman - Erik Michelsen -
Eugene C. Roehlekepartain. In Indicators of Child, Family and Community Connections: Companion Volume of Related Papers. L. Lippman, Project Director. Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2005. The paper identifies some of the many studies that have linked the importance of religiosity to family functioning, child, youth, and family outcomes, and social networking. Read more...
The Demographics of Adolescent Spirituality: International Perspectives
Laura Lippman - Julie Dumbrowski Keith. In the Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence. E. Roehlkepartain, P. King, L. Wagener, P. Benson (Eds.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. 2005. Read more...
National Estimates of Child Care and Subsidy Receipt for Children Ages 0 to 8: What Can We Learn from the National Household Ed. Survey
A. Kinukawa - L. Guzman - L. Lippman. Washington, DC: Child Care Bureau, Administration for Child and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. October 2004.
Early Childhood Measures Profiles
D. Berry; L. Bridges; M. Zaslow. Child Trends. September 2004. See also Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures
Promoting Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: Literature Review
T. Halle - J. Calkins - D. Berry - R. Johnson. Child Care and Early Education Research Connections. April 2004. Read more...
Dictionary of Statewide Evaluation Indicators
First 5 Evaluation Team evaluation for the California Child and Families Commission. 2004.
First Steps and Further Steps: Early Outcomes and Lessons Learned from South Carolina's School Readiness Initiative
Executive Summary; Full Report; County Profiles. Martha Zaslow - Tamara Halle. Columbia, SC: South Carolina First Steps Getting Children Ready for School. December 2002.
Child, Family & Community Indicators Book
Laura Lippman - Nancy Margie - Erik Michelson - Eric Moore. First 5 California, August 2002. SRI International and Child Trends have summarized some of the information available in the growing literature about the definition and usefulness of indicators to inform discussions and decisions about which indicators to use when tracking the progress towards the desired results of First 5 California funded programs. Read more...
Cross-National Variation in Educational Preparation for Adulthood: From Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Laura Lippman. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 580, No. 1, 70-102, 2002. This paper presents key indicators of educational and employment status for students making the transition from adolescence to early adulthood in selected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The data that are presented include international comparisons of student achievement, educational attainment, literacy and unemployment among young adults. Read more...
Youth Development Outcomes Compendium: Section A. Educational Achievement
E. Hair - K. Moore - D. Hunter - J. Williams Kaye. Washington DC: Child Trends and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. January 2001
Outcomes of Learning: Results from the 2000 Program for International Student Assessment of 15-Year-Olds in Reading, Math, and Science
M. Lemke, - C. Calsyn - L. Lippman - L. Jocelyn - D. Kastberg - Y. Liu - S. Roey - T. William - T. Kruger - G. Bairu. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. December 2001. A report for those who have have an interest in understanding the performance of America’s 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics, and science literacy. Read more...
Cross-National Variation in Educational Preparation for Adulthood: From Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood.
Laura Lippman. Working Paper No. 2001-01. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. February 2001. This paper presents key indicators of educational and employment status for students making the transition from adolescence to early adulthood in selected Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
countries. The data that are presented include international comparisons of student
achievement, educational attainment, literacy and unemployment among young adults. Read more...
Urban Schools: The Challenge of Location and Poverty
L. Lippman - S. Burns - E. McArthur. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. June, 1996. This report compares urban students and schools with their suburban and rural counterparts on a broad range of factors. Read more...
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Fatherhood & Parenting
The Fatherhood Research Initiative and the Developing a Daddy Survey (DADS)
Report prepared for the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD).
The Developing a Daddy Survey (DADS) and the Collaborative Work of the DADS Group
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew - Kristin A. Moore - Tamara Halle. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. December 31, 2004.
Children in Working Poor Families: Update and Extensions
Richard Wertheimer; Melissa Long; Justin Jager
The Foundation for Child Development
October 2002
Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America
Tamara Halle (Project Director)
Washington, DC: Child Trends
May 2002
How Do State Policy Makers Think About Family Process and Child Development in Low-Income Families?
Kristin Anderson Moore
Chicago: Joint Center for Poverty Research.
April 1998
Indicators of Male Fertility, Family Formation, and Sexual Behavior
Anne Driscoll; Kristin A. Moore; William Mosher, Martin O'Connell; Stephanie Ventura
Washington D.C.: Child Trends
January 1997
Building Common Definitions and Moving Toward Common Constructs: Planning Phase of the Project on State-Level Child Outcomes
Child Trends
Washington, DC: Child Trends
November 6, 1996
Conference on Father Involvement: A Summary Report, October 10-11, 1996
Angela D. Greene; Carol Emig
Washington, DC: Child Trends
October 10, 1996
The Survey of Income and Program Participation as a Source of Data on Children and Families
Christine W. Nord; Amy Rhoads
Washington, DC: Child Trends
November 1991
Assessing Family Strengths in a National Sample of Families with Adolescent Children
Nicholas Zill; Amy Rhoades
Washington, DC: Child Trends
February 19, 1991
Behavior Problems Index Based on Parent Report
Nicholas Zill
Washington, DC: Child Trends
November 1990
Research on Successful Families
Maria Krysan; Kristin A. Moore; Nicholas Zill
Washington, DC: Child Trends
May 10, 1990
Identifying Successful Families: An Overview of Constructs and Selected Measures
Maria Krysan; Kristin A. Moore; Nicholas Zill
Washington, DC: Child Trends
May 10, 1990
Men’s Pregnancy Intentions and Prenatal Behaviors: What They Mean for Fathers' Involvement with Their Children
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Allison Horowitz; Elena Kennedy; Kate Perper
June 2007
Men Who Father Children with More than One Woman: A Contemporary Portrait of Multiple-Partner Fertility
Cassandra Logan; Jennifer Manlove; Erum Ikramullah; Sarah Cottingham
November 2006
Depression Among Moms: Prevalence, Predictors and Acting Out Among Third Grade Children
Kristin Moore; Elizabeth Hair; Sharon Vandivere; Cameron McPhee; Michelle McNamara; Thomson Ling
March 2006
Parent-Teen Relationships and Interactions: Far More Positive Than Not
Kristin A. Moore; Lina Guzman; Elizabeth Hair; Laura Lippman; Sarah Garrett
December 2004
Grandma and Grandpa Taking Care of the Kids: Patterns of Involvement
Lina Guzman
July 2004
Religious Involvement and Children's Well-Being: What Research Tells Us (And What It Doesn't)
Lisa J. Bridges; Kristin Anderson Moore
September 2002
Family Strengths: Often Overlooked, But Real
Kristin Anderson Moore; Rosemary Chalk; Juliet Scarpa; Sharon Vandivere
August 2002
Marriage from a Child's Perspective: How Does Family Structure Affect Children and What Can We Do about It?
Kristin Anderson Moore; Susan M. Jekielek; Carol Emig
June 2002
Fathers' Activities with Their Kids
Brett V. Brown; Erik A. Michelsen; Tamara G. Halle; Kristin A. Moore
June 2001
The Health Behaviors of American Parents: Implications for Children
Child Trends
September 1999
The Meaning of Father Involvement for Children
Tamara Halle
Based on literature reviews prepared
by Angela Dungee Greene; Tamara
Halle; Suzanne Le Menestrel;
Kristin A. Moore
May 1999
How Do Social, Economic and Cultural Factors Influence Fathers' Involvement with their Children?
Tamara Halle; Suzanne Le Menestrel
Based on literature reviews prepared by Angela
Dungee Greene, M.A., Tamara Halle;
Suzanne Le Menestrel; Kristin A.
Moore
May 1999
What Do Fathers Contribute to Children's Well-Being?
Suzanne Le Menestrel
Based on literature reviews prepared by Angela Dungee Greene; Tamara Halle; Suzanne Le Menestrel; Kristin A. Moore
May 1999
Male Pregnancy Intendedness: Links to Child Mental Proficiency and Attachment Security
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Mindy E. Scott; Allison Horowitz
Population Association of America
May 2009
Promising Practices in Teen Fatherhood Programs: Evidence-Based and Evidence-Informed Research Findings
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Mary Burkhauser; Allison Metz
DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Teen Father Roundtable
May 8, 2008
The Importance of Fathers to Children and Families
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew
Catholic Charity Fatherhood Programs
August 16, 2007
Resident Fathers’ Prenatal Behaviors, Pregnancy Intentions and Links to Involvement with Infants
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Suzanne Ryan;
Jennifer Carrano; Kristin A. Moore
First National Conference of Emerging Research and Practice on Prenatal Father Involvement
Houston, Texas
August 2007
Parents Matter: Parental Education, Parenting and Child Well-Being
Elizabeth C. Hair; Cameron McPhee; Laurie T. Martin; Alyssa Milot; Tamara Halle
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development
Boston, MA
April 1, 2007
Parent-Youth Relationships: Are Quality Relationships in Adolescence Related to Better Outcomes During the Transition to Adulthood?
Kristin A. Moore; Elizabeth Hair; Michelle McNamara
SRA Emerging Adulthood Conference
February 15, 2007
Resident Fathers’ Prenatal Behaviors, Pregnancy Intentions and Links to Involvement with Infants
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Suzanne Ryan; Jennifer Carrano; Kristin A. Moore
Cornell University
September 21, 2006
Relationship Context and Men’s Subsequent Fertility
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Cassandra Logan; Jennifer Manlove; Elena Kennedy; Kerry Franzetta
Populations Association of America
March 31, 2006
How Do Parenting Behaviors Mediate the Link Between Maternal Depression Symptoms and Child Well-being?
Elizabeth C. Hair; Kristin A. Moore;
Sharon Vandivere; Cameron B. McPhee
APPAM Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
November 3, 2005
Family Process Measures
Kristin A. Moore; Elizabeth C. Hair
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
October 14, 2005
The Factors Associated With Fathering a Large Number of Children: Preliminary Evidence From the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Suzanne Ryan; Kerry Franzetta; Jennifer Manlove; Jennifer Carrano; Kristin A. Moore
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
Washington, D.C.
2005
Family Structure and Child Well-Being
Kristin A. Moore
Meeting of the Children's Rights Council
Washington, DC
July 17, 2003
Father Involvement and Youth Transition into Risky Behaviors in Immigrant and Native Born Families: Preliminary Evidence
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Kristin A. Moore; Jonathan Zaff
Population Association of American
May 2, 2003
The Single Father Family: Recent Trends in Demographic, Economic, and Public Transfer Use Characteristics
Brett V. Brown
Conference on Father Involvement
Bethesda, MD
Jan. 1, 1996
Can Basic Research on Children and Families be Useful for the Policy Process?
Kristin A. Moore
Council of the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Washington, D.C.
Jan. 1, 1995
Fathers' Roles in Strengthening Families
James Peterson
National Family Strengths Project
Washington, D.C.
June 12, 1986
Factors Associated With Unmarried, Nonresident Fathers’ Perceptions of Their Coparenting
J. Bronte-Tinkew; A. Horowitz,
Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 31, No. 1, 31-65 January 1, 2010. Using a longitudinal sample of 522 biological, never-married, nonresident fathers from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, this article examines the factors associated with fathers’ coparenting 36 months after a birth. Read more...
Male Pregnancy Intendedness and Children's Mental Proficiency and Attachment Security During Toddlerhood
J. Bronte-Tinkew - M. E. Scott - A. Horowitz. Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 71, Number 4, November 2009, pp. 1001-1025(25). Using a sample of biological resident fathers and their children from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) 9- and 24-month surveys (N = 5,300), this study examines associations and the direct and indirect pathways through which men's pregnancy intentions influence toddlers' mental proficiency and attachment security. Read more...
Fathering With Multiple Partners: Links to Children's Well-Being in Early Childhood
J. Bronte-Tinkew - A. Horowitz - M. Scott. Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 71, Number 3, August 2009, pp. 608-631(24). Read more...
Aggravation and Stress in Parenting: Associations with Coparenting and Father Engagement Among Resident Fathers
J. Bronte-Tinkew - A. Horowitz - J. Carrano, Journal of Family Issues, 0: 0192513X09340147v1. July 13, 2009. This study uses a sample of 2,139 resident biological fathers from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing surveys (baseline and 12-month follow-up), to examine whether paternal aggravation and stress in parenting is associated with father engagement and coparenting and whether this association differs by father’s socioeconomic status. Read more...
Higher-Order Fertility Among Urban Fathers
J. Bronte-Tinkew - S. Ryan - K. Franzetta - J. Manlove - E. Lilja. Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 30, No. 7, 968-1000 (2009). The study includes a longitudinal sample of 1,989 fathers from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study and examines factors associated with fathering a higher-order birth (three or more children) and compares these factors to those predicting any subsequent birth. Read more...
Pregnancy Intentions during the Transition to Parenthood and Links to Coparenting for First-Time Fathers of Infants
J. Bronte-Tinkew - M. Scott - A. Horowitz - E. Lilja. Parenting: Science & Practice, Vol. 9 (1-2):1-35. January 2009. Read more...
Recruiting Men Into Fatherhood Programs: Tips for Program Professionals
National Responsible Clearinghouse. September 2008. Read more...
Training Program Staff : Five Tips for Fatherhood Programs
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. September 2008. Read more...
Tips for Retaining Participants in Fatherhood Programs: Wisdom from the Field
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. September 2008. Read more...
What Works in Fatherhood Programs? Ten Lessons from Evidenced-Based Practice
J. Bronte-Tinkew – A. Horowitz – A. Metz. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008.
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Fatherhood State Policies
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. July 2008. Read more...
Couple Relationship Quality and Coparenting
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. March 2008. Read more...
Couple Relationship Quality and Father Involvement
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. July 2008. Read more...
Fathers and Child Maltreatment
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Fathers and Alcohol Abuse
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Promising Teen Fatherhood Programs: Initial Evidence Lessons from Evidence-Based Research
J. Bronte-Tinkew - M. Burkhauser - A. Metz. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Fathers and Multiple-Partner Fertility
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Elements of Promising Practice in Teen Fatherhood Programs: Evidence-Based and Evidence-Informed Research Findings on What Works
J. Bronte-Tinkew - M. Burkhauser - A. Metz. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Involvement Among Resident Fathers and Links to Infant Cognitive Outcomes
J. Bronte-Tinkew - J. Carrano - A. Horowitz - A. Kinukawa. Journal of Family Issues, 29 (9): 1211-1244. 2008. Read more...
The Continued Importance of Quality Parent-Adolescent Relationships during Late Adolescence
E. C. Hair - K. A. Moore - S. B. Garrett - T. Ling - K. Cleveland. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 18, 187-200. 2008. Read more...
Factors Associated with Multiple-Partner Fertility Among Fathers
J. Manlove – C. Logan – E. Ikramullah – E. Holcombe. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 536-548. April 2008. Read more...
Elements of Promising Practice in Programs Serving Fathers Involved in the Criminal Justice System
J. Bronte-Tinkew - M. Burkhauser - K. Mbwana - A. Metz - A. Collins. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Fathers and Child Support
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Nonresident Fathers and Children in Foster Care
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Immigrant Fathers
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Employment, Economic Stability and Father Involvement
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Custodial Fathers and Child Support
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Single Father Custodial Families
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Fathers and Domestic Violence
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
What Works in Programs Serving Fathers Involved in the Criminal Justice Systems? Lessons from Evidence-Based Evaluations
J. Bronte-Tinkew - M. Burkhauser - S. Ericson - A. Metz. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Fathers' Pregnancy Intentions and Prenatal Behaviors
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Immigrant Fathers
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Nonresident Fathers
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Father Involvement
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Fathers and Living Arrangements of Children Under 18
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2008. Read more...
Fathers and Public Policy
J. Bronte-Tinkew - L. Bowie - K.A. Moore. Applied Developmental Science, Vol. 11, No.4:1-6. December 2007. Read more...
Resident Fathers’ Pregnancy Intentions, Prenatal Behaviors, and Links to Involvement with Infants
J. Bronte-Tinkew - S. Ryan - J. Carrano - K.A. Moore. Journal of Marriage and Family. November 2007. Read more...
Elements of Promising Practice for Fatherhood Programs: Evidence-Based Research Findings on Programs for Fathers
J. Bronte-Tinkew - J. Carrano - T. Allen - L. Bowie - K. Mbwana - G. Matthews. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. August 15, 2007. Read more...
Symptoms of Major Depression in a Sample of Fathers of Infants: Sociodemographic Correlates and Links to Father Involvement
J. Bronte-Tinkew - K.A. Moore - G. Matthews - J. Carrano. Journal of Family Issues, 28(1): 61-99. January 2007. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Fathers and Depression
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2007. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Fathers and Marriage
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2007. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Fathers and Alcohol Abuse
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Repsonsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2007. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Fathers and Cohabitation
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2007. Read more...
Nonresident Fathers of Young Children
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2007. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Fathers and Fertility
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Clearinghouse for Responsible Fatherhood. 2007. Read more....
Fathers and Depressive Disorders
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2007. Read more...
Fatherhood Statistics: Fathers: Attitudes, Values, Expectations, and Motivations
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Clearinghouse for Responsible Fatherhood. 2007. Read more....
Fathers and Incarceration
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2007. Read more...
Fathers and Substance Use
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2007. Read more...
Fathers in the Military
J. Bronte-Tinkew. National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2007. Read more...
Teen Fatherhood
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse. 2007. Read more...
Resident Fathers' Perceptions of Their Roles and Links to Involvement with Infants
J. Bronte-Tinkew - J. Carrano - L. Guzman. Fathering, 4(3): 254-285. Fall 2006. Read more...
Father Involvement and Youth Transition into Risky Behaviors in Immigrant and Native-Born Families
J. Bronte-Tinkew - K. Moore - R. Capps - J. Zaff. Social Science Research, 35(1): 181-209. March 2006. Read more...
The Father-Child Relationship, Parenting Styles, and Youth Risk Behaviors
J. Bronte-Tinkew - K. Moore - J. Carrano. Journal of Family Issues, 27: 850-881. 2006. Read more...
The Estimated Effect of Maternal Employment on Children Under Mandatory and Non-Mandatory Employment Circumstances
S. McGroder - M. Zaslow - A. Papillo - S. Ahluwalia - J. L. Brooks. Community, Work and Family, 8(4): 331-357. November 2005. Read more...
The Parent-Adolescent Relationship Scale
E. Hair - K. Moore - S. B. Garrett - A. Kinukawa - L. H. Lippman - E. Michelsen. In K. A. Moore and L. H. Lippman (Eds.), What Do Children Need to Flourish? Conceptualizing and Measuring Indicators of Positive Development (pp. 183-202). New York: Springer Science+Business Media. May 2005. Read more...
Do Household Structure and Household Economic Resources Predict Childhood Immunizations? Evidence from Jamaica, and Trinidad, and Tabogo
J. Bronte-Tinkew - G. DeJong. Population Research and Policy Review, 24(1): 27-57. January 2005. Read more...
Psychometric Analyses of the Parent-Adolescent Relationship Scale in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1997
E. D. Hair - K. A. Moore - S. Garrett - A. Kinukawa - L. Lippman - E. Michelsen. In What Do Children Need to Flourish? Conceptualizing and Measuring Indicators of Positive Development. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. 2005. Read more...
Government Policies as External Influences on Work-Family Trade-offs
R. Wertheimer - S. Jekielek - K.A. Moore - Z. Redd. In Bianchi, Casper, King (Eds.), Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2005. Read more...
Children's Nutrition in Jamaica: Do Household Structure and Household Economic Resources Matter?
J. Bronte-Tinkew - G. DeJong. Social Science and Medicine, 58(3): 499-514. February 2004. Read more...
The DADS Initiative: Measuring Father Involvement in Large Scale Surveys
N. Cabrera - K.A. Moore - J. West - J. Bronte-Tinkew - T. Halle - J. Brooks-Gunn - N. Reichman - J. Teitler - K. Ellingsen - C.W. Nord - K. Boller - The EHS Fathers Working Group. In R. Day and M. Lamb (Eds.), Conceptualizing and Measuring Father Involvement. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 2004. Read more...
Measuring Family Strengths
K.A. Moore - R. Chalk - S. Vandivere - J. Scarpa. Indicators: The Journal of Social Health, 2(3): 71-104. Summer 2003. Read more...
International Surveys of Child and Family Well-Being: Overview
B. Brown - B. Smith - M. Harper. Washington, DC: Child Trends. August 2002.
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Early Childhood Predictors of Early School Success: A Selected Review of the Literature
Susmita Pati; Kyleen Hashim; Brett Brown; Alex Fiks; Christopher B. Forrest
May 2009
Towards Meeting the Needs of Adolescents
Elizabeth Hair; Kevin Cleveland; Stephanie Cochran; Claire Brindis; L. Teresa Valderrama; Jane Park
February 2005
Background for Community-Level Work on Physical Health and Safety in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
Juliet Hatcher; Juliet Scarpa
Executive Summary. Prepared for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
December 2001
Background for Community-Level Work on Mental Health & Externalizing Disorders in Adolescence: Reviewing Literature on Contributing Factors
Jonathan F. Zaff; Julia Calkins
Executive Summary. Prepared for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
December 2001
Youth Development Outcomes Compendium: Section B - Health and Safety
Zakia Redd; Thomson Ling; Juliet Hatcher; Stephanie Cochran; Julia Calkins
2001
Risk Factors for Illicit Drug Use: A Longitudinal Study
Kristin A. Moore; Maria Krysan; Christine W. Nord; James L. Peterson
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 1991
Behavior Problems Index Based on Parent Report
Nicholas Zill
Washington, DC: Child Trends
November 1990
Child Health and School Readiness: Background Paper on a National Education Goal
Nicholas Zill
Washington, DC: Child Trends
October 1990
Improving Assessment of the Effects of Environmental Contamination on Human Reproduction Final Report
Child Trends
Washington, DC: Child Trends
September 1986
How is the Number of Children With Severe Handicaps Likely to Change Over Time?
Nicholas Zill
Washington, DC: Child Trends
June 25, 1986
Trends in the Behavior and Emotional Well-being of U.S. Children (Findings from a National Survey)
Child Trends
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 7, 1982
What Works for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity Among Children: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions
Alena M. Hadley; Elizabeth C. Hair; Nicole Dreisbach
March 2010
This fact sheet synthesizes the findings from multiple studies that examined the impacts of various intervention strategies on child obesity. Interpretation of results: The ideal format for a successful, comprehensive obesity prevention program is still unclear.
Children's Access to Health Insurance and Health Status in Washington State: Influential Factors
Gregory Matthews; Kristin Anderson Moore; Mary Terzian
May 2009
Physical Inactivity in U.S. Adolescents: Family, Neighborhood, and Individual Factors
Mary Terzian; Kristin Anderson Moore
May 2009
Research-Based Recommendations to Improve Child Nutrition in Schools and Out-of-School Time Programs
Laura D. Wandner; Elizabeth Hair
May 2009
Young Children in Immigrant Families Face Higher Risk of Food Insecurity
Randy Capps; Allison Horowitz; Karina Fortuny; Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Martha Zaslow
February 2009
School Food Unwrapped: What's Available and What Our Kids Actually Are Eating
Elizabeth Hair; Thomson Ling; Laura Wandner
November 2008
Food Insecurity and Overweight among Infants and Toddlers: New Insights into a Troubling Linkage
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Martha Zaslow; Randolph Capps; Allison Horowitz
July 2007
Assessing the Mental Health of Adolescents: A Guide For Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners
Laurie Martin; Alyssa Milot
March 2007
Assessing Substance Use and Abuse Among Adolescents: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners
Laurie Martin; Alyssa Milot
March 2007
Assessing the Diet, Exercise, Body Image, and Weight of Adolescents: A Guide For Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners
Laurie Martin; Alyssa Milot
March 2007
Depression Among Moms: Prevalence, Predictors, and Acting Out Among Third Grade Children
Kristin Anderson Moore; Elizabeth C. Hair; Sharon Vandivere; Cameron B. McPhee; Michelle McNamara; Thomson Ling
March 2006
Promoting Positive Mental and Emotional Health in Teens: Some Lessons from Research
Jonathan F. Zaff; Julia Calkins; Lisa J. Bridges; Nancy Geyelin Margie
September 2002
Encouraging Teens to Adopt a Safe, Healthy Lifestyle: A Foundation for Improving Future Adult Behaviors
Juliet L. Hatcher; Juliet Scarpa
July 2002
A Century of Children's Health and Well-Being
Child Trends
December 1999
The Health Behaviors of American Parents: Implications for Children
Child Trends
September 1999
Risk Taking and Health Behaviors in Late Adolescence: Co-Occurrence, Predictors and Consequences
Cameron McPhee; Elizabeth Hair; Kristin Moore; Thomson Ling; Michelle McNamara; Claire Brindis
SRCD Biennial Meeting
March 31, 2007
The Effects of Father Involvement During Pregnancy on Receipt of Prenatal Care and Maternal Smoking
Michelle McNamara; Laurie Martin; Margot Bloch; Elizabeth Hair
SRCD Biennial Meeting
March 31, 2007
Educational Disparities in Smoking Before, During and After Pregnancy
Laurie T. Martin; Michelle McNamara; Alyssa Milot; Margot Bloch; Elizabeth C. Hair
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development
Boston, MA
March 29, 2007
Early Return to Work, Long Work Hours and Maternal Depression
Elizabeth C. Hair; Cameron B. McPhee; Alyssa S. Milot; Tamara Halle; Kristin A. Moore
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference
Madison, WI
November 2, 2006
Maternal Depression and Child Well-Being
Presentation at the National Academy of Science Workgroup Planning Meeting on Maternal Depression
Washington, DC
May 2006
Predicators of Overweight Among a National Sample of Kindergartners
Heidi W. Smith, MD
Elizabeth C. Hair; Stephen Cook; Tamara Halle; Michael Weitzman
Pediatric Academy Societies Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
May 2006
How Do Parenting Behaviors Mediate the Link Between Maternal Depression Symptoms and Child Well-being?
Elizabeth C. Hair; Kristin A. Moore; Sharon Vandivere; Cameron B. McPhee
APPAM Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
November 3, 2005
Trends in Health and Well-being of Children
National Consumer League Press Club Risk and Media Symposium
Washington, DC
October 14, 2005
Trends in the Health and Well-Being of Children
Journalism Fellowships in Child and Family Policy
College Park, MD: University of Maryland
September 28, 2005.
Maternal Education and Child Health Outcomes - Mediating Effects of Prenatal Behavior
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development
Atlanta, GA
2005
Pathways to Healthy Children: How Parental Education and Child Health Intersect
Elizabeth Hair; Tamara Halle
March 4. 2004
Public Perceptions of Children's Well-Being
Lina Guzman; Laura Lippman; Kristin A. Moore; William O’Hare
American Association of Public Opinion Research Annual Meeting
Nashville, TN
May 2003
Social and Emotional Aspects of School Readiness: What's Available in National Data Sources
Tamara Halle; Sharon Vandivere; Lindsay Pitzer; Stephanie Cochran
Society for Research in Child Development 2003 Biennial Meeting
Tampa, FL
April 25, 2003
Recent Trends in Childrens Physical and Mental Health
Nicholas Zill
Testimony before the Subcomittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism, U.S. Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Jan. 16, 1991
On Developing a State Database on Adolescent Health
James Peterson
Adolescent Database Conference
St. Paul, Minnesota
Sept. 20, 1985
Food Insecurity During Infancy: Implications for Attachment and Mental Proficiency in Toddlerhood
M. Zaslow - J. Bronte-Tinkew - R. Capps - A. Horowitz - K.A. Moore - D. Weinstein. Maternal and Child Health Journal
. 2008. Read more...
Food Insecurity Works Through Depression, Parenting and Infant Feeding to Influence Overweight and Health in Toddlers
J. Bronte-Tinkew - M. Zaslow - R. Capps - A. Horowitz - M. McNamara. Journal of Nutrition, 137:2160-2165. 2007. Read more...
Increasing Access to Program Information: A Strategy for Improving
Adolescent Health
C. Bindis - E. Hair - S. Cochran - K. Cleveland - L.T. Valderrama - M.J. Park. Maternal Child Health Journal. September 2006. Read more...
Children's School Readiness in the ECLS-K: Predictions to Academic, Health and Social Outcomes in the First Grade
E. Hair - T. Halle - E. Terry-Humen - B. Lavelle - J. Calkins. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. September, 2006. Read more...
Do Household Structure and Household Economic Resources Predict Childhood Immunization? Evidence from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
J. Bronte-Tinkew - G. DeJong. Population Research and Policy Review, 24 (3), 112-120. June 2005. Read more...
Rethinking Race/Ethnicity, Income and Childhood Asthma: Racial/Ethnic Disparities Concentrated Among the Very Poor
L. A. Smith - J. Hatcher - R. S. Kahn - R. F. Wertheimer. Public Health Reports, 120: 109-120. March/April 2005. Read more...
Towards Meeting the Needs of Adolescents: An Assessment of Federal Adolescent Health Programs and Initiatives
C. Brindis - E. C. Hair - S. Cochran - K. Cleveland - T. Valderrama - J. Park. National Adolescent Health Information Center. February 5, 2005. Read more...
Do Household Structure and Household Economic Resources Predict Childhood Immunizations? Evidence from Jamaica, and Trinidad, and Tabogo
J. Bronte-Tinkew - G. DeJong. Population Research and Policy Review, 24(1): 27-57. January 2005. Read more...
The Positive Perspective on Youth Development
M. E. P. Seligman - M. W. Berkowitz - R. F. Catalano - W. Damon - J. S. Eccles - J. E. Gilham - K. A. Moore - H. J. Nicholson - N. Park - D. L. Penn - C. Peterson - M. Shih - T. A. Steen - R. J. Sternberg - J. P. Tierney - R. P. Weissberg - J. F. Zaff. In D. L. Evans, E. Foa, R. Gur, H. Hendrin, C. O'Brien, M. E. P. Seligman, & B. T. Walsh (Eds.), Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders: What We Know and What We Don’t Know (pp. 499-529). New York: Oxford University Press, The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, and The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. 2005. Read more...
Government Policies as External Influences on Work-Family Trade-offs
R. Wertheimer - S. Jekielek - K.A. Moore - Z. Redd. In Bianchi, Casper, King (Eds.), Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2005. Read more...
Integrating Measures of Early Childhood Health and Development into State Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Plans
H. Grason - C. Hess - K. Van Landeghem - G. Silver - B. Brown - E. Schor. Baltimore, MD: Women's and Children's Health Policy Center. June, 2004. Read more...
Children's Nutrition in Jamaica: Do Household Structure and Household Economic Resources Matter?
J. Bronte-Tinkew - G. DeJong. Social Science and Medicine,58(3): 499-514. February 2004. Read more...
Unsupervised Time: Family and Child Factors Associated with Self-Care
Sharon Vandivere - Kathryn Tout - Martha Zaslow - Julia Calkins - Jeffrey Capizzano.
Assessing the New Federalism series. Urban Institute. April 2003
Positive Development of the Self: Self-concept, Self-esteem, and Identity
J. Zaff - E. Hair. In M.H. Bornstein, L. Davidson, D.L.M. Keyes, K.A. Moore, & The Center for Child Well-Being (Eds.), Well-being: Positive Development Across the Life Course. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2003. Read more...
Self-Esteem, Personality and Achievement in High School: A Prospective Longitudinal Study in Texas
E. C. Hair - W. G. Graziano. Journal of Personality, 71: 971-994. 2003.
How Do Maternal Risk Factors Affect Children in Low-Income Families?: Further Evidence of Two-Generational Implications
E. C. Hair - S. M. McGroder - M. J. Zaslow - S. K. Ahluwalia - K. A. Moore. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 23: 65-94. 2002.
Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Low Literacy as Potential Barriers to Employment in a Sample of Families Receiving Welfare: Are There Two-
M. Zaslow - E. Hair - M. R. Dion - J. Sargent - S. Ahluwalia. Women and Health, 32: 211-252. 2001.
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What Gets Measured Gets Done: High Priority Opportunities to Improve Our Nation’s Capacity to Monitor Child and Youth Well-Being
Brett Brown; Kristin Anderson Moore
Child Trends
January 2009
A Guide to Resources for Creating, Locating, and Using Child and Youth Indicator Data
Brett Brown; Kyleen Hashim; Pilar Marin
Child Trends and KIDS COUNT
November 2008
An Overview of State-Level Data on Child Well-Being Available Through the Federal Statistical System (Revised May 2007)
Brett V. Brown; Kristin A. Moore
Washington, DC: Child Trends.
October 2006
Studying and Tracking Early Child Development from a Health Perspective: A Review of Available Data Sources
Brett Brown; Martha Zaslow; Michael Weitzman.
New York City: The Commonwealth Fund
Frebruary 2006.
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The Youth Indicators Field in Research and Practice: Current Status and Targets of Opportunity
Brett V. Brown; Kristin A. Moore
Washington, DC: Child Trends
December 2001
Indicators of Child, Youth, and Family Well Being: A Selected Inventory of Existing Projects
Child Trends
2000
Indicators of Children’s Well-Being: From Construct to Application
Child Trends
Washington, DC: Child Trends
April 28, 1997
Trends in Family Life and Children's School Performance
Nicholas Zill
Washington, DC: Child Trends
June 1992
Trends in the Behavior and Emotional Well-being of U.S. Children (Findings from a National Survey)
Child Trends
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 7, 1982
The School Environment and Adolescent Well-Being: Beyond Academics
Pilar Marin; Brett Brown
November 2008
How Children are Doing: The Mismatch Between Public Perception and Statistical Reality
Lina Guzman; Laura Lippman; Kristin Anderson Moore; William O’Hare
July 2003
The Uses (and Misuses) of Social Indicators: Implications for Public Policy
Kristin Anderson Moore; Brett V. Brown; Harriet J. Scarupa
February 2003
Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options
Kristin Anderson Moore; Zakia Redd
November 2002
Building a Better System of Child and Family Indicators
Child Trends
January 2002
A Century of Children's Health and Well-Being
Child Trends
December 1999
Developing Data to Portray the Whole Child in Context
Laura Lippman
American Statistical Association/Joint Statistical Meetings
Vancouver, CA
August 2, 2010
Methods for Creating Indices of Child Well-being: Examples from the National Survey of America’s Families
Sharon Vandivere; Kristin Anderson Moore; Laura Lippman; Cameron McPhee
International Society for Child Indicators
Chicago, IL
June 27, 2007
How Can We Increase the Usefulness of Indicators for Policies and Programs?
Kristin Anderson Moore
Childhoods 2005
Oslo, Norway
July 2005
Indicators of Child Well-Being and What Works in Child, Adolescent, and Youth Programs
Susan Jekielek; Kevin Cleveland
Strategic Collaborative County Planning: Moving Forward
New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Syracuse, NY
March 30-31, 2005
Indicators in the Child Welfare System: Strengthening Abuse & Neglect Courts in America Presentation
Kristin A. Moore
Miami, FL
June 24, 2004
Early Child Well-Being Indicators: Tools and Approaches
Brett Brown
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
February 28, 2004
DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation (DCCYIT) Outcomes Monitoring Project
Kristin A. Moore; Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew
Washington Regional Area Grantmakers
March 20, 2003
The State of America's Children 2003: The Good News...And the Bad
Kristin A. Moore
The Communitarian Network
Washington, DC
January 13, 2003
Indicators of Child and Family Well-Being: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Kristin A. Moore
National Institutes of Health Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
September 13, 1999
Our Nation's Children: Trends
Kristin A. Moore
Subcommittee on Census and Population,
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.
June 1992
Recent Trends in Childrens Physical and Mental Health
Nicholas Zill
Testimony before the Subcomittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism, U.S. Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Jan. 16, 1991
The Condition of American Children and Youth: The Need for A Balanced Appraisal
Nicholas Zill
American Association for the Advancement of Science Congressional Seminar: "Our National's Child: The Invisible Constituency"
Washington, D.C.
July 27, 1982
Neighborhood Support Index
Brett Wilkenfeld; Kristin Anderson Moore; Laura Lippman
September 2007
Trends Among Hispanic Children, Youth, and Families
Child Trends
March 2001
Positive Indicators of Child Well-being: A Conceptual Framework, Measures and Methodological Issues
Laura Lippman - Kristin Anderson Moore - Hugh McIntosh. October 2009. Innocenti Working Paper No. 2009-21. Florence, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre.
Based upon a review of frameworks for positive indicator development for the well-being of children, this paper suggests a new comprehensive framework which identifies constructs for positive well-being as well as potential indicators and extant measures that fit with those constructs. The paper reviews existing data sources for examples of positive measures that are found in the proposed framework as well as research studies that have been successful in measuring these indicators. Read more...
Methods for Tabulating Indices of Child Well-Being and Context: An Illustration and Comparison of Performance in 13 American States
S. Vandivere - C. McPhee. Child Indicators Research, Volume 1, Number 3. September 2008.
Key Indicators of Child and Youth Well-Being: Completing the Picture
B. Brown (Ed.). New York: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates). 2008.
Pre-Kindergarten to 3rd Grade School-Based Resources and Third Grade Outcomes
B. Brown - Kimber Bogard. Foundation for Child Development. August 2007. Read more...
Longitudinal Indicators of the Social Context of Families: Beyond the Snapshot
K. Moore - S. Vandivere. Social Indicators Research. Volume 83, Number 1, February 2007. Read more...
Indicators of Early School Success and Child Well-Being
S. Vandivere - L. Pitzer - T. Halle - E. Hair. Published in Ready Schools Reference Guide. W.K. Kellogg Foundation. February 2007.
Indicators and Indices of Child Well-being: A Brief American History
L. Lippman. Social Indicators Research. December 2006. Read more...
A Sociodemographic Risk Index
K. A. Moore - S. Vandivere - Z. Redd. Social Indicators Research, 75(1): 45-81. January 2006. Read more...
Indicators and Indices of Child Well-being: A Brief History
L. Lippman. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation. August 2005. Read more...
The Transition to Adulthood: Characteristics of Young Adults Ages 18 to 24 in America
S. Jekielek - B. Brown. Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC: Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Population Reference Bureau, and Child Trends. May 2005. Read more...
Psychometric Analyses of the Parent-Adolescent Relationship Scale in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1997
E. D. Hair - K. A. Moore - S. Garrett - A. Kinukawa - L. Lippman - E. Michelsen. In What Do Children Need to Flourish? Conceptualizing and Measuring Indicators of Positive Development. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. 2005. Read more...
Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections
L. Lippman. Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. August 2004. Read more...
Dictionary of Statewide Evaluation Indicators
Sacramento, CA: First 5 Statewide Evaluation Team, California Children and Families Commission. 2004.
Indicators of the Social Context of Families: Family Time
L. Guzman - Susan Jekielek. In Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections:
Companion Volume of Related Papers (pp. 23-43). Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2004. Read more...
Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections: Companion Volume of Related Papers
L. Lippman (project director). Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2004. Read more...
Indicators of Child Well-Being: The Promise for Positive Youth Development
K.A. Moore - Laura Lippman - Brett V. Brown. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 591(1): 125-145. January 2004. Read more...
Turbulence: The Effects of Change
K.A. Moore - S. Vandivere. In A. G. Cosby, R. Greenberg, L. H. Southward and M. Weitzman (Eds.), About Children: An authoritative resource on the state of childhood today. Oak Grove, IL: The American Academy of Pediatrics. 2004.
Measuring Family Strengths
K.A. Moore - R. Chalk - S. Vandivere - J. Scarpa. Indicators: The Journal of Social Health, 2(3): 71-104. February 2004. Read more...
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Spring 2010
Several new federal initiatives give a strong role to measurement - both performance measures and well-being indicators - as a means for identifying needs and documenting improvement. The Spring 2010 issue of The Child Indicator summarizes these initiatives-Race to the Top, the Investing in Innovation Fund, Promise Neighborhoods, and the Social Innovation Fund. The newsletter also highlights recently released reports on indicators of child well-being.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Winter 2010
- Indicators of School Crime & Safety: 2009
Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities
- Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4)
- State Indicator Report on Fruits
and Vegetables, 2009: CDC
Food Hardship
- Guttmacher Institute Report on U.S. Teen Pregnancies, Births, and Abortions
- Why Rural Matters, 2009: State and Regional Challenges
Obesity Prevalence Among Low-income, Preschool-aged Children
- 2007 NSCH Chartbook Now Available
- State of Latino Children and Youth in the U.S.: NCLR
- Recent Trends in Late Preterm births: NCHS Data Brief
- Basic Facts about Low-income Children, 2008: NCCP Report
- Pediatrics Special Supplement: NSCSHCN
- Kaiser Media Study
- Report to Congress: Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries
- Volunteering in the U.S.
America’s Families and Living Arrangements
- A Child’s Day: 2006
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Fall 2009
- new data from the National Survey of Children's Health and Census Bureau
- recently released reports on racial/ethnic disparities in behavioral and learning disorders, young children in the criminal justice system, and high school graduation rates
- national survey of 15-year olds
- international child indicators, including the first reports on child well-being from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the African Child Policy Forum
- new editions of KIDS COUNT Data Book and America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Spring 2009
- New reports on families' struggles and state and federal responses
- State and community-level indicators
- Issues for data users
- Racial/ethnic disparities in low birthweight
- Measures of qualitative well-being
- Targets in reducing child poverty
- Recently released reports
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Fall 2008
- U.S. Variations in Child Health System
Perforamce: A State Scorecard
- ISCI Call for Papers
- Statement of Purpose
- New Reports Provice an Education Profile for American Indian and Alaska Native Students
- Just Released Reports
- USA Counties Online Update
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- New Online Source of Indicators from
NCES
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Spring 2008
- OECD's "Measuring the Progress of
Societies" Global Project
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An International Look at Reading:
Where the United States Stands
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New Data and Tools Available for the
National Survey of Children with
Special Health Care Needs
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KIDS COUNT Data Center Features
Data for the States and the 50 Largest U.S. Cities
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UNICEF Tool Provides Easy Access to
International Child Data
-
European Union Offers
Comprehensive Online Data Tool
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South Africa: Children's Institute Tracks Indicators of Child Well-Being
and More
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Recently Released Reports
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Fall 2007
- Chapin Hall report highlights the value of local data for programs and services.
- Mapping indicators with the Reproductive Atlas of Health.
- Updated Vital Stats, Right Start, and American Community Survey websites.
- Child Well-Being Index national and international reports.
- An introduction to the National Infrastructure for Community Statistics website.
- Recently released reports.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Summer 2007
- LINKS: A database of programs intended to improve outcomes for children and youth
- National Survey of Children Health state-level research featured in Pediatrics
- A Window into the Community: Evaluating Quality of Life in Charlotte Neighborhoods
- An overview of the EU Index of Child Well-Being
- Two new data tools for juvenile statistics and data on diversity in metropolitan areas
- A call for proposals from the International Society of Quality-of-Life Studies
- Recently released reports
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Winter 2007
- Brookings Institution Report on Child Poverty in U.S. Cities
- NCHS Survey Measures Catalog of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- New online data tools allow easy access to educational indicators
- Easy Access to Infant and Maternal Health Information from Peristats
- Report on Characteristics of Immigrant Families and their Implications for Social Policies
- Families' and Children's Experiences with Art and Culture
- New York State Effective and Promising Practices Webpage
- Recently released reports
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Summer 2006
- School Readiness Indicators: A Strategic Approach to Improving Outcomes for Young Children, by Catherine B. Walsh, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
- A call for papers from the International Society for Child Indicators
- Future of Children special issue on childhood obesity
- The release of the first Children in North America Project report
- New small area health insurance estimates program will fill gap in health insurance data
- HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse integrates data on health resources and health needs
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Winter 2006
- A new professional association - The International Society for Child Indicators.
- The release of the Health and Well-Being of Children: States and the Nation 2005 report.
- State Snapshots of Maternal and Child Health: 2004 Title V Information available online.
- KIDS COUNT State-Level Data Online system launched.
- Child Care and Early Education Research Connections Database provides information on early childhood education and child care.
- New Book: What Do Children Need to Flourish? Conceptualizing and Measuring Indicators of Positive Development
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Summer 2005
- Rockefeller bill: more funding for state surveys and child indicators.
- On the frontier of adulthood.
- New online data tools allow easy access to educational indicators.
- A focus on middle childhood and early adolescence.
- Measuring and monitoring children's well-being: a decade of international progress.
- Teaching in the classroom with child indicators.
- Recently released reports
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Fall 2004
- Getting performance-results data for school, school districts, and states.
- New NRC/IOM report focuses on nation's children's health data needs.
- New national reports.
- Youth risk behavior surveillance data online in easily accessible form.
- Census Public Use Microdata Series (PLUMS) and beyond 20/20 software enhance public access and analysis of 2000 Census data.
- New online data tool provides easy access to state data on children with special healthcare needs.
- Recently released reports
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Spring 2004
- Developing a set of key national indicators for the nation.
- Children and youth in emerging and transforming societies: International Childhood Conference 2005.
- New updates to neighborhood change database mean better access to 2000 Census data for communities throughout the country.
- Call for papers.
- Adapting to the new federal race definitions.
- Data2010, an easy way to access health indicators data.
- Measuring the family: status, transitions, and relationship health.
- Recently released reports.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Summer/Fall 2003
- Oregon benchmarks.
- South Africa: social indicators in the service of social change.
- Vital statistics: new questions on birth and death certificates.
- Indicators of Positive Development conference.
- New student survey from Search Institute and America's Promise.
- Baltimore neighborhoods by the number.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Spring 2003
- New resources from KIDS COUNT Online.
- Let's Invest in Families Today (LIFT) data tools.
- What cities can do to organize data online.
- Report cards from the Innocenti Research Center.
- Monitoring children in child welfare settings: the role of child well-being indicators.
- Recently released reports.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Winter 2003
- The new California Health Interview Survey.
- New sources of children's health data.
- The delay in implementation of the the American Community Survey.
- The HHS ASPE Youth Indicators Technical Assistance Workshop for the states.
- Recently released reports and new Web resources.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Summer 2002
- The impact of President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act on state education indicators.
- New additions to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) Web site.
- The launch of Child Trends' new sister Web site, www.childtrendsdatabank.org.
- Information on Philadelphia Safe and Sound's model reports for guiding child and youth policy.
- A profile of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP).
- The National Youth Summit session on positive youth development indicators
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Fall 2001
- The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey.
- A new data resource to examine changes that have occurred in neighborhoods over the last decade.
- A new survey that examines how youth ending their school years are prepared to meet challenges in today's society.
- Work to improve indicators on disabled children and youth.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Summer 2001
- The national conference on child and youth indicators.
- How Florida uses indicator data in forming community alliances.
- A new report on the social health of the nation from the Fordham Institute.
- The Centers for Disease Control's national report on human exposure to environmental chemicals.
- A new compilation of international indicator data available on the Web.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Spring 2001
- New publications, research, and survey data useful to anyone interested in tracking children's well-being.
- Where to get state-level data on smoking behaviors among youth.
- Where to see an innovative example of an interactive, online map-maker powered by a geographic information system (GIS).
- What positive psychology is, and how it's related to social indicators.
- How a collaborative effort succeeded in studying the civic knowledge and attitudes of 90,000 14-year-olds in 28 countries.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Winter 2001
- State-level indicators of maternal, infant, and child health.
- Additional information contained in the Monitoring the Future Survey, such as students' educational goals, risk behaviors, health habits, and leisure time activity.
- The New York State Council on Children and Families training program in the use of social indicators.
- The Community Health Status indicator project
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Fall 2000
- National Goals Panel celebrates a decade of accomplishment.
- Community-level indicators projects: a new source book.
- The Center for Child Well-Being (CCW): focusing on a strengths-based paradigm for child health and development.
- Easy access to juvenile justice data.
- More Hispanic data available from the federal statistical agencies.
The Child Indicators Newsletter - Summer 2000
- The social health of the nation: do we need an annual checkup?
- Maine: child indicators in policy making partnership.
- Gauging a neighborhood's pulse: measures for community research from the Aspen Institute.
- Beyond survival: international researchers break new ground.
- Mapping data.
- Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth: 1999.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Spring 2000
- KIDS COUNT comes of age.
- Social indicators and social programs: researcher forges new links.
- Mapping youth resources from a youth perspective.
- A positive look at today's youth.
- Healthy people moves into the new millennium.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Winter 2000
- Census 2000 child well-being measures and data products.
- State-level child welfare data.
School readiness and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of the Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999.
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Quality-of-life indicator data from the Knight Foundation for 26 cities.
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Data from the Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth, and Family Policy.
The Child Indicator Newsletter - Fall 1999
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Democratizing information with modern technology.
- States improving indicators with help from ASPE
- America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
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Marriage & the Family
Summary Report on Cognitive Interviews
Lina Guzman; Kristin Moore; Gregory Matthews; Zakia Redd
Child Trends
February 18, 2005
Conceptualizing and Measuring 'Healthy Marriage' For Empirical Research and Evaluation Studies: A Review of the Literature
Complete literature reviews for the Healthy Marriage Project.
Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew - Lina Guzman - Suzanne Jekielek - Kristin A. Moore -
Suzanne Ryan - Zakia Redd -
Jennifer Carrano - Greg Matthews
Washington, DC: Child Trends
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How Do State Policy Makers Think About Family Process and Child Development in Low-Income Families?
Paper presented at the meeting on Family Process and Child Development in Low-Income Families, sponsored by the Joint Center for Poverty Research, Chicago.
Indicators of Male Fertility, Family Formation, and Sexual Behavior
Anne Driscoll; Kristin A. Moore; William Mosher, Martin O'Connell; Stephanie Ventura
Washington D.C.: Child Trends
January 1997
Improving Federal Data on Fathers
Angela D. Greene; Carol Emig; Gesine Hearn
Washington, DC: Child Trends
March 27, 1996
A National Longitudinal Study of Marital Disruption
Frank Furstenberg; Nicholas Zill
Washington,D.C: Child Trends
March 1984
Young Adult Attitudes About Relationships and Marriage: Times May Have Changed, But Expectations Remain High
Mindy E. Scott; Erin Schelar; Jennifer Manlove; Carol Cui
July 2009
The Relationship Context of Births Outside of Marriage: The Rise of Cohabitation
Lisa Mincieli; Jennifer Manlove; Molly McGarrett; Kristin Moore; Suzanne Ryan
May 2007
Conceptualizing a 'Strong Start': Antecedents of Positive Child Outcomes at Birth and Into Early Childhood
Cassandra Logan; Kristin Moore; Jennifer Manlove; Lisa Mincieli; Sarah Cottingham
February 2007
Men Who Father Children with More Than One Woman: A Contemporary Portrait of Multiple-Partner Fertility
Cassandra Logan; Jennifer Manlove; Erum Ikramullah; Sarah Cottingham
November 2006
What Is 'Healthy Marriage'? Defining the Concept
Kristin Anderson Moore; Susan M. Jekielek; Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew;
Lina Guzman; Suzanne Ryan; Zakia Redd
September 2004
Family Strengths: Often Overlooked, But Real
Kristin Anderson Moore; Rosemary Chalk; Juliet Scarpa; Sharon Vandivere
August 2002
Marriage from a Child's Perspective: How Does Family Structure Affect Children and What Can We Do about It?
Kristin Anderson Moore; Susan M. Jekielek; Carol Emig
June 2002
Births Outside of Marriage: Perception vs. Reality
Elizabeth Terry-Humen; Jennifer Manlove; Kristin A. Moore
April 2002
Fathers' Activities With Their Kids
Brett V. Brown; Erik A. Michelsen; Tamara G. Halle; Kristin A. Moore
June 2001
The Meaning of Father Involvement for Children
Child Trends
May 1999
How Do Social, Economic and Cultural Factors Influence Fathers' Involvement with their Children?
Child Trends
May 1999
What Do Fathers Contribute to Children's Well-Being?
Child Trends
May 1999
The Impacts of Welfare Reform on Domestic Violence: Evidence from 5 States
Sharon Vandivere; Eric Beecroft
ACF Annual Welfare Research & Evaluation Conference
June 13-15, 2005
Factors Associated with Multiple-Partner Fertility Among Fathers
Cassandra Logan; Jennifer Manlove;
Erum Ikramullah; Emily Holcombe
2006 Research Conference on the National Survey of Family Growth
Hyattsville, MD
October 19-20, 2006
Public Policy and Marriage Education: What do Couples Have to Say?
Lina Guzman; Kristin Moore; Gregory Matthews; Zakia Redd; Susan Jekielek; Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew; Suzanne Ryan
September 2006
Relationship Context of Nonmarital Childbearing
Suzanne Ryan; Jennifer Manlove;
Kerry Franzetta; Sarah Cottingham
Population Association of America Conference
Los Angeles, CA
March 2006
State-Level Welfare Policies and Subsequent Non-Marital Childbearing
Suzanne Ryan; Jennifer Manlove; Sandy Hofferth
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference
Washington, DC
November 6, 2003
Family Structure and Child Well-Being
Kristin Anderson Moore
Meeting of the Children's Rights Council
Washington, DC
July 17, 2003
Facts at a Glance 2009-City Comparisons
1991 and 2006 Data
Facts at a Glance 2009-Repeat Births in Large Cities
2006 Data
Facts at a Glance 2009
2007 Data
Facts at a Glance 2008
2006 Data
Facts at a Glance 2008: State-by-State Comparisons
2005 Data
Facts at a Glance 2007: State-by-State Comparison
1991 and 2004 Data
Facts at a Glance 2007
2005 Data
Facts at a Glance 2006: Explanatory Cover Sheet
2004 Data
Facts at a Glance 2006
2004 Data
Facts at a Glance 2006: State-by-State Comparison
2003 Data
Facts at a Glance 2005: Explanatory Cover Sheet
2003 Data
Facts at a Glance 2005
2003 Data
Facts at a Glance 2003: Explanatory Cover Sheet
2002 Data
Facts at a Glance 2003
2002 Data
Facts at a Glance 2002
2001 Data
Facts at a Glance 2001
2000 Data
Facts at a Glance 1989
1988 Data
Facts at a Glance 1988
1987 Data
Facts at a Glance 1987
1986 Data
Facts at a Glance 1986
1985 Data
Facts at a Glance 1983
1982 Data
Marriage and Children's Well-Being
Child Trends
April 2002
Longitudinal Indicators of the Social Context of Families: Beyond the Snapshot
K. Moore - S. Vandivere. Social Indicators Research. Volume 83, Number 1, February 2007. Read more...
State-level Welfare Policies and Nonmarital Subsequent Childbearing
S. Ryan - J. Manlove - S. L. Hofferth. Population Research and Policy Review, 25(1): 103-126. February 2006. Read more...
Healthy Marriages and Healthy Relationships: Conceptualization and Measurement
K. Moore - J. Bronte-Tinkew - S. Jekielek - L. Guzman - S. Ryan - Z. Redd - J. Carrano - G. Matthews. In S. Hofferh & L. Casper (Eds.), Handbook of Measurement Issues in Family Research. Read more...
Playing Catch-Up: How Children Born to Teen Mothers Fare.
Elizabeth Terry-Humen - J. Manlove - K. A. Moore. Washington, DC: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. January 2005. Read more...
Science Says: The Relationship Between Teenage Motherhood and Marriage
Suzanne Ryan. Washington, DC: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. September 2004. Read more...
An Update on State Policy Initiatives to Reduce Teen and Adult Nonmarital Childbearing
Richard Wertheimer - Angela Ramano Papillo. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. August 2004. Read more...
Marriage and Children's Well-Being
Child Trends. April 17, 2002.
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Positive Development
Parent and Family Religiosity During Adolescence: The Influence on Risky Behaviors during the Transition to Adulthood
Elizabeth C. Hair; Kristin A. Moore
October 2009
Few studies have examined the potential lasting effects of family religious activities and parental religious beliefs during adolescence on well-being into young adulthood.
The Family Environment and Adolescent Well-being: Exposure to Positive and Negative Family Influences
Dena Aufseeser; Susan Jekielek; Brett Brown
June 2006
Youth Development Programs and Educationally Disadvantaged Older Youths: A Synthesis
E. Hair; T. Ling; S. Cochran
Washington, DC: Child Trends and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
July 2003
Promoting Well-Being Among America’s Teens: An Executive Summary of Adolescent Development Research Reviews Completed for Knight Foundation.
J. Zaff; K.A. Moore
Washington, DC: Child Trends
October 2002
Youth Development Outcomes Compendium: Section A-Educational Achievement
E. Hair; K.A. Moore; D. Hunter; J.W. Kaye
Washington, DC: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
October 2001
Employment Programs and Youth Development: A Synthesis.
S. Jekielek; S. Cochran; E. Hair
Washington, DC: Child Trends and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
May 2002
Civic Engagement Programs and Youth Development: A Synthesis
E. Michelsen; J. Zaff; E. Hair
Washington, DC: Child Trends and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
May 2002
Mentoring Programs and Youth Development: A Synthesis
S. Jekielek; K.A. Moore; E. Hair
Washington, DC: Child Trends and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
January 2002
Academic Achievement Programs and Youth Development: A Synthesis
Z. Redd; S. Cochran; E. Hair; K.A. Moore
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 2002
Religion and Spirituality in Childhood and Adolescence
L. Bridges; K.A. Moore
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 2002
Background for Community-Level Work on Mental Health & Externalizing Disorders in Adolescence: Reviewing Literature on Contributing Factors
Executive Summary.
Jonathan F. Zaff - Julia Calkins
Washington, DC: Child Trends.
December 2001
Background for Community-Level Work on Emotional Well-Being in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
Executive Summary.
L. Bridges; N. Margie; J. Zaff
Washington, DC: Child Trends.
December 2001
Background for Community-Level Work on Physical Health and Safety in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
Executive Summary
J. Hatcher - J. Scarpa
Washington, DC: Child Trends
December 2001
Background for Community-Level Work on Social Competence in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
E. Hair; J. Jager; S. Garrett
Washington, DC: Child Trends
December 2001
Background for Community-Level Work on Positive Citizenship in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
Executive Summary
J. Zaff; E. Michelson
Washington, DC: Child Trends
December 2001
Youth Development Outcomes Compendium: Self Sufficiency - Section D
E. Hair; K.A. Moore; D. Hunter; J.W. Kaye
Washington, DC: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
October 2001
Youth Development Outcomes Compendium: Section C - Social and Emotional Development
E. Hair; K.A. Moore; D. Hunter; J.W. Kaye
Washington, DC: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
October 2001
Youth Development Outcomes Compendium: Section B - Health and Safety
E. Hair; K.A. Moore; D. Hunter; J.W. Kaye
Washington, DC: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
October 2001
Youth Development Outcomes Compendium: Introduction
E. Hair; K.A. Moore; D. Hunter; J.W. Kaye
Washington, DC: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
October 2001
The School Environment and Adolescent Well-Being: Beyond Academics
Pilar Marin; Brett Brown
November 2008
The Over-Scheduling Myth
Joseph L. Mahoney; Angel L. Harris; Jacquelynne S. Eccles
February 2008
Ways to Promote the Positive Development of Childtren and Youth
Nicole Zarrett; Richard M. Lerner
February 2008
Recruiting Mentors in Out-of-School Time Programs: What's Involved?
Lillian Bowie; Jacinta Bronte-Tinkew
January 2007
Parent-Teen Relationships and Interactions: Far More Positive Than Not
Kristin A. Moore; Lina Guzman; Elizabeth Hair; Laura Lippman; Sarah Garrett
December 2004
Building a Better Teenager: A Summary of 'What Works' in Adolescent Development
Kristin Moore; Jonathan Zaff
November 2002
Encouraging Civic Engagement: How Teens Are (or Are Not) Becoming Responsible Citizens
Jonathan Zaff; Erik Michelson
October 2002
Religious Involvement and Children's Well-Being: What Research Tells Us (And What It Doesn't)
Lisa J. Bridges; Kristin Anderson Moore
September 2002
Promoting Positive Mental and Emotional Health in Teens: Some Lessons from Research
Jonathan F. Zaff; Julia Calkins; Lisa J. Bridges; Nancy Geyelin Margie
September 2002
Family Strengths: Often Overlooked, But Real
Kristin Anderson Moore; Rosemary Chalk; Juliet Scarpa; Sharon Vandivere
August 2002
Helping Teens Develop Health Social Skills and Relationships: What the Research Shows About Navigating Adolescence
Elizabeth Hair; Justin Jager; Sarah Garrett
July 2002
Encouraging Teens to Adopt a Safe, Healthy Lifestyle: A Foundation for Improving Future Adult Behaviors
Juliet Hatcher; Juliet Scarpa
June 2002
Mentoring: A Promising Strategy for Youth Development
Susan Jekielek; Kristin Moore; Elizabeth Hair; Harriet Scarupa
February 2002
Preventing Problems vs. Promoting the Positive: What Do We Want for Our Children?
Child Trends
May 2000
Developing Data to Portray the Whole Child in Context
Laura Lippman
American Statistical Association/Joint Statistical Meetings
Vancouver, CA
August 2, 2010
Children’s Well-being: A Balanced View
Positive and Negative Micro Indices of Child Well-being
Kristin Anderson Moore; Kassim Mbwana; Margot Bloch
2nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators
University of Western Sydney, Australia
November 5, 2009
Developing Positive Indicators of Child Well-being
Laura H. Lippman
Committee for Children and the Academy for Education Development
October 16, 2009
Developing Indicators of Youth Contribution
Laura Lippman
Youth Contribution Indicators Meeting
Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 13, 2009
Indicators of Flourishing for Children
Laura Lippman
Consortium of European Foundations: Education by All for the Well-Being of Children
July 19, 2009
State of the Art of Positive Indicators of Child Well-being
Laura H. Lippman; Kristin Anderson Moore; Hugh McIntosh
UNICEF / OECD / European Commission Well-being Expert Consultation
May 26, 2009
What Do Children Need to Flourish? Findings from Cognitive Interviews
Laura Lippman; Kristin A. Moore; Lina Guzman; Gregory Matthews; Jenny Hamilton
International Society for Child Indicators
June 2007
Disconnected Youth: The Influence of Family, Programs, Peers, and Communities on Becoming Disconnected and on Re-connecting
Elizabeth Hair; Kristin A. Moore; Cameron McPhee
SRA Emerging Adulthood Conference
February 15, 2007
Child and Family Well-Being: A New Look
Kristin Moore
Marjorie Pay Hinckley Lecture
Brigham Young University
February 8, 2007
Pathways from Religiosity to Adolescent Sexual and Contraceptive Use Behaviors
Jennifer Manlove; Cassandra Logan; Kristin Moore; Erum Ikramullah
The Heritage Foundation
Washington, DC
November 17, 2005
Positive Indicators of Child Well-being: A Conceptual Framework, Measures and Methodological Issues
Laura H. Lippman - Kristin Anderson Moore - Hugh McIntosh. October 2009. Innocenti Working Paper No. 2009-21. Florence, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre.
Based upon a review of frameworks for positive indicator development for the well-being of children, this paper suggests a new comprehensive framework which identifies constructs for positive well-being as well as potential indicators and extant measures that fit with those constructs. The paper reviews existing data sources for examples of positive measures that are found in the proposed framework as well as research studies that have been successful in measuring these indicators. Read more...
Every Child, Every Promise: Turning Failure Into Action
America's Promise. 2006.
Freeze Frame: A Snapshot of America's Teens
Washington, DC: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. September 2005.
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School Readiness
Early Childhood Predictors of Early School Success: A Selected Review of the Literature
Susmita Pati; Kyleen Hashim; Brett Brown; Alex Fiks; Christopher B. Forrest
May 2009
First Step and Further Steps
Early Outcomes and Lessons Learned from South Carolina's School Readiness Initiatiive: 1999-2002 Program Evaluation Report
Washington, DC: Child Trends
November 2003
Background for Community-Level Work on School Readiness: A Review of Definitions, Assessments, and Investment Strategies
Martha Zaslow; Julia Calkins; Tamara Halle; Jonathan Zaff; Nancy Geyelin Margie
Final Report to the Knight Foundation
Washington, DC: Child Trends
December 2000
A Review of School Readiness Practices in the States: Early Learning Guidelines and Assessments
Research on the importance of the early childhood years has compelled states to support children’s school readiness. This brief provides an overview of states’ Early Learning Guidelines (ELGs) and school readiness assessments.
Sarah Daily; Mary Burkhauser; Tamara Halle
June 2010
Early Head Start: Research Findings
This brief summarizes findings from a number of studies, including the Congressionally mandated Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, a rigorous, large-scale, random-assignment evaluation, which concluded that Early Head Start makes a positive difference for children and families in terms of school success, family self-sufficiency, and parental support of child development.
Child Trends
May 10, 2010
Children in Immigrant Families-The U.S. and 50 States: National Origins, Language, and Early Education
Tables 1-5
Child Trends; Center for Social and Democratic Analysis
April 2007
Attending Kindergarten and Already Behind: A Statistical Portrait of Vulnerable Young Children
Richard Wertheimer; Tara Croan; Kristin Moore; Elizabeth Hair
December 2003
School Readiness: Helping Communities Get Children Ready for School and Schools Ready for Children
Child Trends
October 2001
Patterns of School Readiness: Predicting Early Success for Lower-Income
Children
Tamara Halle; Elizabeth Hair; Elizabeth Terry-Humen; Lindsay Pitzer
Head Start 7th Annual National Research Conference
Washington, DC
June 29, 2004
Social and Emotional Aspects of School Readiness: What's Available in National Data Sources
Tamara Halle; Sharon Vandivere; Lindsay Pitzer; Stephanie Cochran
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.
Tampa, FL
April 25, 2003
Naturally Occurring Patterns of School Readiness: How the Multiple Dimensions of School Readiness Fit Together
Elizabeth Hair; Tamara Halle; Elizabeth Terry-Humen; Julia Calkins
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development
Tampa, FL
April 25, 2003
Head Start and Early Head Start as an Evolving Model
Martha Zaslow. Infants & Young Children, 21(1), 4-17. January-March 2008. Read more...
Indicators of Early School Success and Child Well-Being
S. Vandivere - L. Pitzer - T. Halle - E. Hair. Published in Ready Schools Reference Guide W.K. Kellogg Foundation. February 2007.
School Readiness: Helping Communities Get Children Ready for School and Schools Ready for Children
Published in the Ready Schools Reference Guide by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
February 2007.
Children's School Readiness in the ECLS-K: Predictions to Academic, Health, and Social Outcomes in the First Grade
E. Hair - T. Halle - E. Terry-Humen - B. Lavelle - J. Calkins. Published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly . September 2006.
First Steps and Further Steps: Early Outcomes and Lessons Learned from South Carolina's School Readiness Initiative
Executive Summary; Full Report; County Profiles. Martha Zaslow - Tamara Halle. Columbia, SC: South Carolina First Steps Getting Children Ready for School. December 2002.
School Readiness Indicator Items and Basic Measures of Progress (Report)
J. Calkins - T. Ling - E. Moore - T. Halle - E. Hair - K.A. Moore - M. Zaslow. Washington, DC: Child Trends. January 25, 2002. Read more...
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Teen Sex/Pregnancy
The Consequences of Unintended Childbearing
Cassandra Logan; Emily Holcombe; Suzanne Ryan; Jennifer Manlove
May 2007
Playing Catch-Up: How Children Born to Teen Mothers Fare
Elizabeth Terry-Humen; Jennifer Manlove; Kristin A. Moore
Washington, DC: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
January 2005
Not Yet: Programs to Delay First Sex Among Teens
Jennifer Manlove; Angela Romano Papillio; Erum Ikramullah
Washington, DC: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
September 2004
No Time to Waste: Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy Among Middle School-Aged Youth
Jennifer Manlove; Kerry Franzetta;
Krystal McKinney; Angela Romano Papillo; Elizabeth Terry-Humen
Washington, DC: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
February 2004
A Good Time: After-School Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
Jennifer Manlove; Kerry Franzetta;
Krystal McKinney; Angela Romano Papillo; Elizabeth Terry-Humen
Washington, DC: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
January 2004
Reproductive Health Care for America's Diverse Teen Population: A Guide for Service Providers
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 2002
Background for Community-Level Work on Positive Reproductive Health in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
Jennifer Manlove; Elizabeth Terry-Humen; Angela Romano Papillo; Kerry Franzetta; Stephanie Williams; Suzanne Ryan
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 2002
Part 1: Strategies for Reducing Barriers to Reproductive Health Services for Diverse Youth
A framework for discussing the developmental and cultural competence of reproductive health care provider agencies.
Barbara Sugland
Washington, DC: Child Trends
July 1999
Part 2: Strategies for Reducing Barriers to Reproductive Health Services for Diverse Youth
A summary of site monitoring: key findings.
Washington, DC: Child Trends
June 1999
Part 1: Reducing Developmental and Cultural Barriers to Reproductive Health Svcs. for Diverse Youth Populations: Final Analysis
Barbara W. Sugland; Kathleen J. Wilder; Anita Chandra
Washington, DC: Child Trends
June 1999
Part 2: Reducing Developmental and Cultural Barriers to Reproductive Health Services for Diverse Youth: Project Summary
Barbara W. Sugland
Washington, DC: Child Trends
1999
Sex, Pregnancy and Contraception: A Report of Focus Group Discussions with Adolescents
Barbara W. Sugland; Kathleen J. Wilder; Anita Chandra
Washington, DC: Child Trends
April 1997
Understanding Adolescents’ Motivation to Prevent Pregnancy: A Literature Review
Barbara W. Sugland; Kathleen J. Wilder; Anita Chandra
Washington, DC: Child Trends
September 1996
Next Steps and Best Bets: Approaches to Preventing Adolescent Childbearing
Kristin Moore; Barbara Sugland
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 1996
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Programs: Interventions and Evaluations
Kristin A. Moore; Barbara W. Sugland; Connie S. Blumenthal; Dana A. Glei; Nancy O. Snyder
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 1995
Beginning Too Soon: Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Parenthood
Kristin A. Moore; Brent C. Miller; Barbara W. Sugland; Donna R. Morrison; Dana A. Glei; Connie Blumenthal
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 1985
Adolescent Sex, Contraception and Childbearing: A Review of Recent Research
Kristin A. Moore; Brent C. Miller; Donna R. Morrison; Dana A. Glei
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 1995
Adolescent Drug Abuse and Fertility: Existing Survey Data
Kristin A. Moore
Washington, DC: Child Trends
January 1986
Starting Early: The Antecedents of Early Premarital Intercourse
James L. Peterson; Kristin A. Moore; Frank F. Furstenberg; S. Phillip Morgan
Washington, DC: Child Trends
September 1985
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