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Maps of Child Well-Being in Georgia
The
Georgia 2006 KIDS COUNT Data Book
provides a demographic profile of Georgia's children, accompanied
by maps and graphs that show racial and ethnic disparities among
children for specific indicators of well-being. Maps
are color-coded and provide a picture of our children living in
different geographic regions statewide, ranked by an indicator.
Healthy
Children
School Readiness
School
Success
Stable
Self-Sufficient Families
Strong
Communities
Stable
Self-Sufficient Families
First Birth
to Mothers Age 20 or Older with 12 Years of Education
In 2004, 1 in 3 first-time births in Georgia were to mothers
who were less than 20 years old and who had not graduated from
high school. |
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Children
Living in Single-Parent Families
The number of children living in single-parent families increased
from 716,000 in 2000 to 756,000 in 2004. |
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Children
Living in Families Where No Parent is in the Labor Force
More than one-third of Georgia's children lived in families
where neither parent had full-time, year-round employment in
2004, a rate that has slightly increased over the past five
years. |
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Eligible
Households, with Children, Receiving Food Stamps
The number of households with children receiving food stamps
increased from 183,305 in 2003 to more than 208,000 in 2005. |
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Substantiated
Incidents of Child Abuse and/or Neglect
The rate of substantiated incidents of child abuse and/or neglect
has increased from 11.3 per 1,000 in 1997 to 23.1 per 1,000
in 2004. |
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