According to the Report, America's Children, Children Are Projected to Compose 24 Percent of the Population in 2020
America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 is one in a series of annual reports to the Nation on the condition of children in America. In this report, three background measures describe the changing population of children and provide demographic context and 38 indicators depict the well-being of children in the areas of family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health.
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Date: 7/18/2007
New Gallup Survey Shows that Thirty-Seven Percent Of Americans Believe Social and Moral Values Have Declined Due to Immigrants
- Average Americans believe that immigrants have had more of a negative than beneficial impact on the crime rate, the economy, social and moral values, and job opportunities, according to the recent Gallup poll.
- The survey showed that 58 percent of Americans believe the crime situation is worst because of immigrants, while 46 percent say this people group has negatively impacted the economy in general.
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Date: 7/17/2007
A Gallup Poll Survey Showed that Thirty-Two Percent of Americans Were Unable to Pay for Healthcare in 2006
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A Gallup poll recently discovered that healthcare rates behind only Iraq and immigration when Americans name the top problem facing the country.
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According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, workers' contributions toward the cost of family health coverage reached $2,973 in 2006, up $1,354 since 2000.
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The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) reports that 46 million people under the age of 65 had no medical coverage in 2005.
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Date: 7/16/2007
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