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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED346981 AUTHOR:
TITLE: A Profile of Oregon Counties: Human Resources,
Educational, and Economic Indicators Associated with Young
Children and Families.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1992
NOTE: 95 p.
ABSTRACT: This profile of counties in Oregon covers factors
that may predispose youth to grow up at risk of dropping
out of high school or not acquiring the skills needed for
adult life. The profile presents data on human resources
and educational and economic indicators that were collected
from state agencies and organizations. For the state as a
whole, and for each county, information is expressed in
terms of state or county incidence and as percentages of
the state or county population. The following data are
provided: (1) the number and percentage of children aged 0
to 5 years by race or ethnicity; (2) human resource
indicators, such as state incidence of children through 5
years of age who are in substitute care, receive preventive
or restorative services, or are victims of child abuse or
neglect, and the incidence of low birthweight births,
inadequate prenatal care, teen pregnancies, complete
immunizations, juvenile arrests, and aid-to-dependent
children cases; (3) school-related indicators, such as
early intervention services, free or reduced-cost lunches,
students in special education, and the school dropout rate;
(4) economic indicators, such as the unemployment rate, the
poverty rate among 0-5 year old children, the average
number of households that receive food stamps, the number
of economically disadvantaged residents over 14 years of
age, unmet needs for low-income housing, and per capita
personal income; and (5) health resources, including the
numbers of hospitals, nursing facilities, residential care
facilities, medical doctors, dentists, nurses, and other
medical practitioners. Data sources are listed. (AC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Census-Figures; Economic-Factors;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Income-; Preschool
Education; State-Surveys; Young-Children
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Demography-; *Economically-Disadvantaged;
*Educationally-Disadvantaged; *High-Risk-Students;
*Socioeconomic-Influences
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