Sentences with phrase «national child poverty rate»

By 2003, when the national child poverty rate had fallen to 17.6 percent, approximately 54 percent of children of immigrants lived in families with incomes under twice the federal poverty level, compared to 36 percent of children of native - born parents.

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The figures were calculated from a UK national figure of # 29 million a year and are based on the population size and child poverty rate within each local authority area.

«As the national debate on immigration has grown stronger, including immigrants» use of many social services, some have argued that the reason for the high child poverty rate has mostly been due to the large number of children in low - skilled, poor immigrant families,» Joo said.

Given that, the fact that CA has the lowest national school spending per child, poor social services, and the highest poverty rate in the nation is a travesty.

The biggest contributors to Minnesota's low national ranking for Asian children are poverty rates and fourth - grade reading proficiency.

Now, researchers have confirmed this link in the first national study to calculate high school graduation rates for children at different reading skill levels and with different poverty rates.

Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show that more than 40 percent of the variation in average reading scores and 46 percent of the variation in average math scores across states is associated with variation in child poverty rates.

Practices for Promoting Young Children's Learning in QRIS Standards Smith, Robbins, Stagman, & Kreader (2012) National Center for Children in Poverty Builds on a recent analysis that found that only about half of statewide Quality Rating Improvement Systems (QRIS) refer to the State's Early Learning Guidelines (ELGs), most often in standards that require staff training in how to implement ELGs or the use of a curriculum or learning activities aligned with ELGs.

Similarly, while Alabama often scores well below the national average on the overall Kids Count rankings and has a higher rate of overall poverty, its rankings rise when examined by different races and ethnicities — and the disparities (differences in overall scores for white non-Hispanic children and African - American non-Hispanic children or Hispanic children) are much smaller than many northern states.

According to a study by the National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University, children in married - couple households have a poverty rate of 11 percent, compared to a 47 percent poverty rate for children in cohabiting opposite - sex couple households, and a 48 percent child poverty rate in single - mother households.

The report concludes that Aboriginal children fare well below national averages in almost all health status indicators (such as diabetes and suicide rates) and in the determinants of health and well - being (such as poverty and access to clean water).