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Abstract: DESCRIPTION: The project would create a large, comprehensive, and readily searchable collection of statistical data on child well being and poverty. This would provide easy access to critical information needed for basic and policy research, education, program planning and implementation, and evaluation. First, the collection would include an innovative statistical abstract modeled after the annual Statistical Abstract of the United States. It would provide in one place comprehensive national and state-level data on child well being and poverty. These data would be distributed in three media: 1) on the Internet where users could easily locate and download information, 2) in CD-ROM form with search and retrieval software, and 3) in book form similar to the printed Statistical Abstract. Second, the collection would include a data set archive providing descriptive and comparative data on the structure of child well-being and poverty; factors that contribute to poverty and child well-being; the consequences of child poverty; and evaluations of education, welfare and other programs related to child well-being and poverty. All variables in these data sets would be categorized by topic and type, and the data sets would be made publicly available with SPSS and SAS program statements and search and retrieval and data extract software. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: NOT AVAILABLE

Thesaurus Terms:
abstracting /text searching, child (0-11), information dissemination, information system, low income, quality of life, sociometry, statistics /biometry
DVD /CD ROM, Internet, book, computer program /software, urban poverty area
behavioral /social science research tag, human data

Institution:	SOCIOMETRICS CORPORATION
	170 STATE ST, #260
	LOS ALTOS, CA 94022
Fiscal Year:	2002
Department:
Project Start:	01-JAN-1999
Project End:	30-APR-2004
ICD:	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IRG:	ZRG1