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Each year since 1997, the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics haspublished a report on the well-being of children and families. Pending data availability, theForum updates all 40 indicators annually on its Web site (http: //childstats.gov) and alternatespublishing a detailed report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, witha summary version that highlights selected indicators. The America's Children series makesFederal data on children and families available in a nontechnical, easy-to-use format in orderto stimulate discussion among data providers, policymakers, and the public.The Forum fosters coordination and integration among 22 Federal agencies that produce oruse statistical data on children and families and seeks to improve Federal data on children andfamilies. The America's Children series provides accessible compendiums of indicators drawnacross topics from the most reliable official statistics; it is designed to complement other morespecialized, technical, or comprehensive reports produced by various Forum agencies.The indicators and demographic background measures presented in America's Children inBrief all have been presented in previous Forum reports. Indicators are chosen because theyare easy to understand, are based on substantial research connecting them to child well-being, cut across important areas of children's lives, are measured regularly so that they can beupdated and show trends over time, and represent large segments of the population, ratherthan one particular gro

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