1997 RI Kids Count Factbook

Table of Contents
		OVERLEAF
	OVERVIEW
		FAMILY AND COMMUNITY Child Population Children in Single Parent Families

	ECONOMIC WELL-BEING Median Household Income Cost of Rent Children in Poverty Children Receiving AFDC Children Receiving Food Stamps Children Receiving School Breakfast

		HEALTH Children Without Health Insurance Women /Children Receiving WIC Women with Delayed Prenatal Care Low Birthweight Infants Infant Mortality Children with Lead Poisoning Births to Teens Alcohol, Drug, and Cigarette Use by Teens Additional Childrens Health Issues

	SAFETY Child Death Teen Deaths Homeless Children Juveniles Referred to family Court Child Abuse and Neglect

		EDUCATION Child Care Children Enrolled in Head Start Fourth-Grade Reading Skills High School Graduation Rates Teens Not in School and Not Working

	METHODOLOGY
		ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Last Updated May 14, 1997; Jack D. Combs, A. Alfred Taubman Center, Brown University