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Report Shows Declines in Child Well-Being
By Caroline Preston
2005 Kids Count Data Book, shows that child well-being slipped from 2000 to 2003, as measured by factors such as income, education, and health. In 2003, four million children lived with parents who face persistent unemployment, compared with three million in 2000, the report says, while child poverty, infant mortality, teenage death rates, and the number...
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