The Real Facts of Life for Children of Color in Washington State, 1999

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Data tables for Demographic Background

1. Asian and Pacific Islander children (6k)
2. African American children (6k)
3. Washington's children by group and age (7k)
4. Native American children (6k)
5. Hispanic children (6k)
6. Growth trends in the percentage of Washington's children by group (7k)
7. Recent immigration to the U.S (5k)
8. Children of color (6k)
9. Students attending racially segregated schools (7k)

Data tables for Social and Economic Support

1. Median family income (7k)
2. Adults with paid work (5k)
3. Low-income adults working full or part time (5k)
4. Children living in households with working adults (7k)
5. Children not covered by health insurance (7k)
6. Children lacking health insurance by household income fifths (7k)
7. Birth to unmarried mothers (7k)
8. Children born to teen mothers (7k)
9. Children living in households by number of adults in the home (7k)
10. Mean number of children per household (7k)
11. Households with children that use paid child care (7k)
12. Average hours per week in paid childcare (6k)

Data tables for Educational Performance

1. Fourth grade students meeting standards (7k)
2. Fourth grade students of color meeting standards (5k)
3. Fourth grade white students meeting standards (5k)
4. Seventh grade students meeting standards (7k)
5. Seventh grade students of color meeting standards (5k)
6. Seventh grade white students meeting standards (5k)
7. Hours per week worked by high school students (7k)
8. Importance of learning for high school students by number of hours worked (7k)
9. High school students saying school courses are interesting by number of hours worked (7k)
10. High school students saying schoolwork is meaningful and important by hours worked (7k)
11. Students with a high value of general learning compared with those saying work given in school is meaningful and important (7k)
12. Educational attainment of adults (7k)
13. Educational attainment of US born and immigrant Hispanic adults (5k)

Data tables for Health and Substance Abuse

1. Middle school students' substance use in the last 30 days (7k)
2. High school students' substance use in the last 30 days (7k)
3. Harmful substance use in the last 30 days among middle school students of color (5k)
4. Harmful substance use in the last 30 days among white middle school students (5k)
5. Harmful substance use in the last 30 days among high school students of color (5k)
6. Harmful substance use in the last 30 days among white high school students (5k)
7. Students with a family member who has a drug or alcohol problem by level of teen substance use (7k)
8. High school students who report knowing adults who engage in destructive behavior (7k)
9. High school students who report knowing adults who condone teenage substance use (7k)
10. Children born to mothers receiving prenatal care by trimester when prenatal care begins (7k)
11. Children born to mothers receiving prenatal care by number of visits (7k)
12. Signs of depression for middle and high school students (7k)
13. Signs of depression for high school students by group (8k)

Data tables for Safer Children

1. Children referred to and accepted by CPS for suspected abuse or neglect by rates per child population (8k)
2. Youth who self-report physical or sexual abuse (7k)
3. Adult rating of parenting practices (8k)
4. High school students who carried a weapon onto school property within the last year (7k)
5. Students who did not take weapons to school (6k)
6. Destructive behavior by middle and high school students (10k)
7. Students who report knowing adults who engage in destructive behavior (7k)
8. Youth who know adults who use or abuse drugs alcohol by whether youth engage in destructive behavior (7k)
9. Students who describe their neighborhoods as having abandoned empty buildings graffiti crime drugs and fights (7k)
10. Students living in dangerous neighborhoods by whether they engage in destructive behavior (8k)
11. Percentage of youth in detention compared to percentage in the population (5k)
12. Index comparing youth in detention to percentage of youth in population (7k)