TABLE III
Age Group Summary Index Components
Infancy/Preschool
1 Poverty, Ages 0-5
2 Health Insurance, Ages 0-5*
3 Infant Mortality
4 Low Birth Weight
5 Mortality, Ages 1-4
6 Preschool Attendance, Ages 3-4
Childhood
1 Poverty, Ages 6-17
2 Health Insurance, Ages 6-11*
3 Mortality, Ages 5-9
4 Overweight, Ages 6-19
5 Reading, Age 9
6 Math, Age 9
Adolescence/Teenage Years
1 Poverty, Ages 6-17
2 Health Insurance, Ages 12-17*
3 Mortality, Ages 10-14
4 Mortality, Ages 15-19
5 Overweight, Ages 12-17
6 Births, Ages 10-14
7 Births, Ages 15-17
8 Crime Offenders
9 Crime Victimzation
10 Drinking, Grade 12
11 Drugs, Grade 12
12 Smoking, Grade 12
13 Reading, Age 13
14 -Math, Age 13
15 Reading, Age 17
16 Math, Age 17
17 Not Working or in School, Ages 16-19
18 Suicides, Ages 10-14
19 Suicides, Ages 15-19
20 Religious Attendance, Grade 12
21 Religion Important, Grade 12
*The health insurance time series enter into the-
calculation of the age-group indices beginning-
in 1987, the first year these series are available.

 

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