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.