2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book

Overall Child Well-Being in Indiana

Each domain below includes four key indicators. Find more information and the definitions and data sources for indicators at: datacenter.kidscount.org/databook/2012.
Trends for child Well-Being Indicators in Indiana
Improved

overall rank

Worsened

Unchanged

31
domain rank

domain rank

24

36

EConomiC WEll-BEing
Family economic success provides a critical foundation for healthy child development, which, in turn, promotes success in adulthood. Ongoing exposure to economic stress and hardship can negatively affect childrens physical and mental health, academic achievement and socialemotional well-being.

EduCation
Establishing the conditions that promote successful educational achievement for children begins before birth and continues into the early elementary school years. With a strong and healthy beginning, it is much easier to keep children on track to stay in school and graduate, pursue postsecondary education and training and successfully transition to young adulthood.

domain rank

domain rank

34

31

HEaltH
Childrens health is the foundation for their overall development, and ensuring that they are born healthy is the first step toward increasing the life chances of disadvantaged children. Poverty, poor nutrition, lack of preventive health care, substance abuse, maternal depression and family violence can put childrens health at risk, affecting later outcomes.

Family and Community

When children are nurtured and well cared for during their first five years, they have better social-emotional, language and learning outcomes. These lead to more positive behavior and academic achievement in their later years. But when families and neighborhoods lack sufficient human and social resources, childrens well-being can suffer.

2012 state Profiles of Child well-being

The Annie E. Casey Foundation | aecf.org

2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book

Overall Child Well-Being in Indiana

Find more state and community-level data at the KIDS COUNT Data Center: datacenter.kidscount.org/IN.
PErCENT ChANgE OvEr TImE
geTTIng BeTTer geTTIng Worse no change

overall rank

31
domain rank

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EconomIc WEll-BEIng
Key Indicators 2010 2005 National trend

24
State trend Key Indicators

Education
200810 200507 National trend

36
State trend

Children in poverty

22% 19% 33% 27% 41% 37% 9% 8%

22% 29% 17% 33% 18% 28% 32% 10% 29% 8% 8%

Children not attending preschool Fourth graders not proficient in reading Eighth graders not proficient in math High school students not graduating on time

53% 56% 68% 70% 66% 72% 24% 27%

61% 61%

0%

Children whose parents lack secure employment Children living in households with a high housing cost burden Teens not in school and not working

2010 2008

2011 2005

67% -4% 70% 66% 70% 25% 27%

2010 2005

2011 2005

-6%

2010 2008

0%

2008/09 2005/06

-7%

domain rank

domain rank

HealtH
Key Indicators 2009 2005 National trend

34
State trend Key Indicators

Family and Community

2010 2005 National trend

31
State trend

Low-birthweight babies

8.2% 8.2% 8% 10% 27 32 7% 8%

8.3% 8.3%

0%

Children in single-parent families Children in families where the household head lacks a high school diploma Children living in high-poverty areas

34% 32% 15% 16% 11% 9% 39 40

35% 17% 30% 13% 14%

Children without health insurance Child and teen deaths per 100,000 Teens who abuse alcohol or drugs

2010 2008

9% -10% 10% 29 -17% 35 8% 14% 7%

2010 2005

-7%

2009 2005

200610 2000

8% >100% 3% 43 43

200809 200506

Teen births per 1,000

2009 2005

0%

2012 state Profiles of Child well-being

The Annie E. Casey Foundation | aecf.org