Child Trends Data Bank studies early school success
- The majority of children were rated by their teachers or parents as "often" or "very often" showing self-control (71 percent and 57 percent, respectively, for the teacher and parent ratings).
- The percentage of children who "often" or "very often" showed self-control, according to the parent rating, increased within each socioeconomic and demographic subgroup of children.
- The percentages of non-Hispanic black and Hispanic children rated by their teachers as "often" or "very often" exhibiting self-control did not change between kindergarten entry and the end of first grade.
- Nearly nine out of ten children (87 percent) had teachers who rated them as "usually" or "always" working to the best of their ability by the end of first grade.
- The percentage of children who were engaged in school at the end of kindergarten was 89 percent.
- In kindergarten and in first grade, slightly more than one in ten children were overweight
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Date: 10/6/2004
Research on Understanding the Gender Gap When Helping Elderly Parents
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Date: 5/12/2004
Statistics on alcohol use among youth
- About one-third of the children and adolescents in the United States (under age 18) are people of color.
- By 2020, 45 percent of young people (birth to 18) are expected to be people of color.
- White (not including Hispanic) 44,027,087 (61%)
- Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 12,342,259 (17%)
- Black or African American 10,885,696 (15%)
- Asian American 2,464,999 (3%)
- American Indian or Native Alaskan 840,312 (1%)
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Date: 11/20/2003
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