Source: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics – Retrieved July 13, 2012
The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics has released America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2012, its annual report featuring statistics on the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. This year’s report shows that the infant mortality rate, the preterm birth rate, and the adolescent birth rate all declined, average mathematics scores increased for 4th and 8th grade students, and the percentage of young children living in a home where someone smoked fell. However, the report also found that the percentage of children living in poverty increased, and the percentage of children with at least one parent employed full time, year-round decreased.
