Statistical handbook on the world's children / Chandrika Kaul.

Author
Kaul, Chandrika [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Westport, Conn. : Oryx Press, 2002.
Description
xxi, 544 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

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Subject(s)
Library of Congress genre(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Demographics and vital statistics. Child population
  • Sex ratio at birth
  • Child population projections
  • Youth dependency ratio
  • Infant mortality rate ... . Education. Number of schools
  • Compulsory education
  • Entrance age and duration of schooling by level
  • Net apparent intake rate
  • Enrollment ratios
  • Age-specific enrollment ratio
  • Gender and wealth types of education
  • Class size and pupil-teacher ratio ... . Health and nutrition. Central government expenditures for health care
  • Access to safe water
  • Access to sanitation
  • Hospital beds
  • Health care professionals
  • Births attended by skilled personnel ... . Disease, hunger and malnutrition. Causes of death
  • Preventable diseases
  • Malaria
  • Childhood cancer
  • Deaths from preventable injuries
  • Deaths from traffic accidents
  • Vitamin and mineral deficiencies ... . Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Beginning of the epidemic
  • Children living with HIV/AIDS
  • AIDS deaths
  • Teens and the AIDS info gap
  • AIDS orphans
  • AIDS and education
  • Economics. Gross domestic and national product per capita
  • Indebtedness
  • Official development assistance (ODA)
  • Spending for basic social services
  • Human poverty index (HPI)
  • International poverty line (IPL) ...
  • Family, social environment and behavior. Human development index (HDI)
  • The child risk measure (CRM)
  • Households
  • Average family size
  • Children living away from parents
  • Foster care and foster children
  • Institutional and state care
  • Adoption
  • Children of divorce ... . Crime, violence, and war. Illegal drug use
  • Age of criminal responsibility
  • Juvenile crimes
  • Juvenile prisoners
  • Homicide, suicide, and firearm-related deaths ... .
Other title(s)
World's children
ISBN
1573563900
LCCN
2002277771
OCLC
48880389
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