Sentences with phrase «rate for white children»

The rate of suspensions for Black children in Kent is double the 11.8 percent suspension rate for White children, who, by the way, make up 65.6 percent of students in the district.

«From 2012 to 2014,» the researchers note, «the annual firearm homicide rate for African American children (3.5 per 100000) was nearly twice as high as the rate for American Indian children (2.2 per 100000), 4 times higher than the rate for Hispanic children (0.8 per 100000), and ∼ 10 times higher than the rate for white children and Asian American children (each 0.4 per 100000).»

Not exact matches

They're all different and even the most black and white guidance acknowledges that children reach developmental stages at different rates so why would we expect them all to be ready for food at bang on six months?

The percentage point difference in the rate of exclusive breastfeeding through 6 months between black and white infants was 7.8 for children born during 2003 — 2006 (CDC, Nutrition Branch, unpublished data, 2016), and 8.5 for infants born during 2010 — 2013.

Some 478,000 children — overwhelmingly Black and Hispanic students — attend failing schools, while top - rated schools are reserved almost exclusively for white and Asian students.

In a bid to assess the amount of violence young children might be exposed to, they analysed the length of time it takes for key characters to die in the 45 top - grossing children's cartoons, released between 1937 (Snow White) and 2013 (Frozen), and rated either as suitable for a general audience (G) or with parental guidance suggested (PG).

Among the 100 largest metropolitan areas, Los Angeles has one of the highest rates of segregation between white and Latino children, even after adjusting for the large Latino child population in Los Angeles, Owens said.

Further analyses show that graft failure and mortality rates remained higher among minority groups compared to white children after accounting for differences in demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic factors.

Once adjusting for free - lunch status and other basic demographics, black children in the NSCH participate in special education at a rate that is not statistically different from white children.

The average rates in the NSCH are for 9.7 percent for white children, 12.4 percent for black children, 7.9 percent for Hispanic children, and 3.2 percent for Asian or Asian - American children.

While there have been modest increases in the rate of grammar entry for disadvantaged black children and white non-British over the past five years, the rate of white British entry has not improved.

Newly released data the rate of children entering into the California foster care system for the first time has fluctuated since 2000, African American and American Indian / Alaska Native children continue to enter that system at more than three times the rate of Latino and white children.

Walk into any AF school and the truth will be seen - Students being demeaned and disciplined for not meeting ridiculous expectations, unacceptably high suspension rates, unacceptably low Special Education numbers and alarming Special Education noncompliance, predominately white leadership that is filled with hubris and a deep disconnectedness with the school's children and families, burned out teachers, high teacher turnover, etc..

The data also found that among pupils eligible for free school meals, white children had the lowest rate of entry to grammar schools.

The study also found that black teachers rated black children's language and literacy skills higher upon school entry in the fall than white teachers did, but tended to report fewer gains in those skills at the end of the year, leading researchers to hypothesize that black teachers have higher standards for black children.

Consider asthma, for example: Largely because of poorly maintained housing and environmental pollution, urban African American children have asthma at four times the rate of white middle - class children.

Almost one third of African - American (30 %) and Hispanic (28 %) children live in poverty, while the rates are much lower for white (10 %) and Asian - Pacific Islander (12 %) children.

These included characteristics on multiple levels of the child's biopsychosocial context: (1) child factors: race / ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian / Pacific Islander / Alaska Native), age, gender, 9 - month Bayley Mental and Motor scores, birth weight (normal, moderately low, or very low), parent - rated child health (fair / poor vs good / very good / excellent), and hours per week in child care; (2) parent factors: maternal age, paternal age, SES (an ECLS - B — derived variable that includes maternal and paternal education, employment status, and income), maternal marital status (married, never married, separated / divorced / widowed), maternal general health (fair / poor versus good / very good / excellent), maternal depression (assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at 9 months and the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview at 2 years), prenatal use of tobacco and alcohol (any vs none), and violence against the mother; (3) household factors: single - parent household, number of siblings (0, 1, 2, or 3 +), language spoken at home (English vs non-English), neighborhood good for raising kids (excellent / very good, good, or fair / poor), household urbanicity (urban city, urban county, or rural), and modified Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment — Short Form (HOME - SF) score.

The program of prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses, tested with a primarily white sample, produced a 48 percent treatment - control difference in the overall rates of substantiated rates of child abuse and neglect (irrespective of risk) and an 80 percent difference for families in which the mothers were low - income and unmarried at registration.21 Corresponding rates of child maltreatment were too low to serve as a viable outcome in a subsequent trial of the program in a large sample of urban African - Americans, 20 but program effects on children's health - care encounters for serious injuries and ingestions at child age 2 and reductions in childhood mortality from preventable causes at child age 9 were consistent with the prevention of abuse and neglect.20, 22

The following statistics have been reported for this region: 10 % poor; $ 48,834 median yearly income; 78 % non-Hispanic white; 11 % African American / black; 88 % high school education or more; and 73 % marriage rate for families with children (FedStats, 2002; NCES, 2001).

Despite the significant impact of maternal depression on mothers and children alike, maternal mental health needs are often neglected or undiagnosed.18 Prevalence rates of maternal depression are high among low - income women due to the greater challenges they may face related to financial hardships, low levels of community or familial support, and societal prejudice.19 In fact, the prevalence of maternal depression among low - income women in the United States is double the prevalence rate for all U.S. women.20 At the same time, these women are less likely to receive treatment or be screened for postpartum depression.21 Studies show there are clear racial and ethnic disparities in who accesses treatment in the United States, even among women of the same general socio - economic status: In a multiethnic cohort of lower - income Medicaid recipients, 9 percent of white women sought treatment, compared with 4 percent of African American women and 5 percent of Latinas.22

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.

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