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2020 KIDS COUNT Data Book: 2020 State Trends in Child Well-Being
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Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This is the 31st annual KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which tracks child well-being across US states. The 2020 edition reports on conditions before the coronavirus pandemic began and provides state rankings and trend data from 2010 to 2018. The data is intended to help policymakers, researchers and advocates understand child well-being and guide efforts to improve outcomes for children and families.
Key points
- Multi-year trends comparing statistics from 2010 to 2018 across all US states
- Annual state rankings on child well-being indicators
- Data collection completed before the coronavirus pandemic
- 31st consecutive year of tracking child well-being metrics
- Resource designed for policymakers, researchers and advocates
Limitations
The document metadata and abstract do not specify which child well-being indicators are measured, what specific findings or trends were identified, or how states ranked relative to each other. The actual data, analysis and conclusions are not included in this excerpt.
Abstract
The 31st edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT® Data Book describes how children across the United States were faring before the coronavirus pandemic began.This year's publication continues to deliver the Foundation's annual state rankings and the latest available data on child well-being. It also identifies multi-year trends — comparing statistics from 2010 to 2018. As always, policymakers, researchers and advocates can continue using this information to help shape their work and build a stronger future for children, families and communities.