Kids Count Data Center

Definitions:

Definition: A count of all persons under the age of 18 within a state or county.

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Selected Age Groups by Sex: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011, Released May 2012. Extracted from http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t.

2010 - U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Decennial Census, File QT-PL Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010. Extracted from The American Factfinder at http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml.

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Definition: The percent of all persons of each race or ethnicity under the age of 18 within a state or county.  Children of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Hispanic origin is considered a separate ethnic category and includes children of different racial backgrounds.

Data Source:

Source: Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, A. and Kang, W. (2012). Extracted from Easy Access to Juvenile Populations, 2011, http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezapop/.  Calculations by Children's Defense Fund- Ohio. 

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SFY count of children age 0-17 in publicly funded childcare.

Data Source:

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Footnotes: Counts are unduplicated at county-level. A child may be counted twice in two different counties, if they were in cases managed by two counties during the year.

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Definition: The average percentage of students who scored proficient or better on the fourth grade reading proficiency test. School districts are assigned to the county where their district office is located.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Education, Interactive Local Report Card Power User Reports. Extracted from http://ilrc.ode.state.oh.us/Power_Users.asp.

Footnotes: School districts were assigned to the county where their district office is located.

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Definition: The average percentage of students who scored proficient or better on the fourth grade math proficiency test. School districts are assigned to the county where their district office is located.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Education, Interactive Local Report Card Power User Reports. Extracted from http://ilrc.ode.state.oh.us/Power_Users.asp.

Footnotes: School districts were assigned to the county where their district office is located.

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Definition: The percentage of high school students who graduated on time. School districts were assigned to the county where their district office is located.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Education, Interactive Local Report Card Power User Reports. Extracted from http://ilrc.ode.state.oh.us/Power_Users.asp.

Footnotes: School districts were assigned to the county where their district office is located

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Definition: Persons who were not employed, but who were actively seeking work, waiting to be called back to a job from which they were laid off, or waiting to report within thirty days to a new payroll job. The unemployment rate is expressed as a percentage of the civilian labor force.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Workforce Development, Bureau of Labor Market Information, Local Area Unemployment Statistics. Data from 2001-2012 extracted from Civilian Labor Force Estimates Query tool at http://ohiolmi.com/asp/laus/vbLaus.htm .

Footnotes:

Comments: Rates are not seasonally adjusted.

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Definition: Median household income is defined as that value of income which divides the household income distribution into two equal groups of households where one has income above the median, and the other income below the median. According to the Census Bureau, a household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit as their usual place of residence.

Data Source:

Source: U.S. Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) 2010. Extracted from http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/statecounty/data/2010.html.

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Definition: An estimate of the percentage of children living below the poverty guideline each year. This official measure was established by the Office of Management and Budget Statistical Policy Directive 14.

Data Source:

Source: U.S. Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) 2011. Extracted from http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/statecounty/data/index.html.

Footnotes: Please note that each estimate has a margin of error above or below, which can be quite large for smaller Ohio counties.

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Definition: An estimate of the percentage of children that participated in the free or reduced-price lunch program in Ohio schools in October of each school year.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Education, MR81 report. Extracted from ftp://ftp.ode.state.oh.us/MR81/.

Footnotes:

Comments: The county free and reduced lunch enrollment rate is based on county total enrollment in free and reduced lunch divided by county total current enrollment (CE) in schools. Calculations by Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio.

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Definition: The percentage of children eligible to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in July of each year.

Data Source:

Sources: Total SNAP participants: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Child Population: U.S. Census Bureau (see above child population source)

Footnotes: Comments: The percentage is calculated by dividing the total number of participants by the total child population of the county or state.

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Definition: The number of births to adolescents between the ages of 15 and 17.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Health, Center for Vital and Health Statistics. Extracted from http://www.odh.ohio.gov/healthStats/vitalstats/birthstat.aspx.

Footnotes: Births for residents of some border counties may not be included in the 2005 data.

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Definition: The percentage of babies born weighing less than 5.5 pounds at birth.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Health, Center for Vital and Health Statistics. Extracted from http://www.odh.ohio.gov/healthStats/vitalstats/birthstat.aspx.

Footnotes: Births for residents of some border counties may not be included in the 2005 data.

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Definition: The percentage of children receiving health insurance through Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which in Ohio go by the names Healthy Start and Healthy Families.

Data Source:

Source: Medicaid enrollment: ODJFS special data request, number of children enrolled in public health care (Medicaid or SCHIP), SFY 2011. Calculations by CDF-Ohio.

Child population: 2011 U.S. Census Population Estimates (PEP) for under 18 population.

Footnotes:

Comments: The rate is calculated by dividing the number of children age 0-17 enrolled in Medicaid by the 2011 population age 0-17 . (Calculations performed by Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio.)

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Definition: An estimate of the uninsured rates for children under age 18, excluding 1-year-olds.

Data Source: Source: The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS), 2008-09. Source: The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS), 2008-09. More...

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Definition: An estimate of the uninsured rates for children under age 18 for overall, mental health, prescription drug, vision, and dental insurance, excluding 1-year-olds.

Data Source: Source: The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS), 2008-09. Source: The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS), 2008-09. More...

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Definition: An estimate of the uninsured rates for children under age 18 for vision insurance, excluding 1-year-olds.

Data Source: Source: The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS), 2008-09. Source: The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS), 2008-09. More...

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Definition: An estimate of the uninsured rates for children under age 18 for mental health, excluding 1-year-olds.

Data Source: Source: The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS), 2008-09 . Source: The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS), 2008-09 . More...

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Definition: An estimate of the uninsured rates for children under age 18 for prescription drugs, excluding 1-year-olds.

Data Source: Source: The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS), 2008-09. Source: The Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center, Ohio Family Health Survey (OFHS), 2008-09. More...

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The percentage of children who have never visited a dentist is based on parental responses to survey questions. Data comes from the 2008-09 Ohio Family Health Survey.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Health Oral Health Surveillance System. Extracted from

http://publicapps.odh.ohio.gov/oralhealth/default.aspx.

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The percentage of third graders with untreated decay is based on a clinical study of third graders. Data comes from the 2009-10 Oral Health and BMI Survey, Ohio Department of Health.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Health Oral Health Surveillance System. Extracted from

http://publicapps.odh.ohio.gov/oralhealth/default.aspx.

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Definition: Overweight refers to children who fall between the 85^th and 95^th percentiles on the CDC BMI-for-age growth charts. Obese refers to children who fall above the 95^th percentile. Overweight/obese refers to all children who fall above the 85^th percentile.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Health. A Report on the Body Mass Index of Ohio’s Third Graders 2004-2010. Extracted from http://www.odh.ohio.gov/~/media/ODH/ASSETS/Files/health%20resources/reports/2011bmireport.ashx.  

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Definition: Food insecurity refers to the USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods. Food insecure children are defined as children living in households experiencing food insecurity.

Data Source:

Source: Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap project, extracted from http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-studies/map-the-meal-gap.aspx. Base data from Current Population Survey, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Thrifty Food Plan, American Community Survey, and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Definitions: Definition: Ohio and county births where the mother did not receive prenatal care in the first trimester.  Prenatal care entry is grouped into the following categories: 
First trimester: care began in months 1-3 
Second trimester: care began in months 4-6 
Third trimester: care began in months 7-9 
No care: no prenatal care 

Definition: Ohio and county births where the mother did not receive prenatal care in the first trimester. Prenatal care entry is grouped into the following categories:
First trimester: care began in months 1-3
Second trimester: care began in months 4-6
Third trimester: care began in months 7-9
No care: no prenatal care
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Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Health Data Warehouse. Extracted from http://dwhouse.odh.ohio.gov/datawarehousev2.htm. (Calculations performed by Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio).

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Definition: The number of substantiated reports of child abuse and neglect, including emotional maltreatment, neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

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Definition: The number of youths under age 18 adjudicated for felony-level offenses.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Youth Services Profile of Youth Adjudicated or Committed for Felony Offenses: Fiscal Year 2011. Extracted from http://www.dys.ohio.gov/DNN/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=to9PUg%2bH%2f84%3d&tabid=117&mid=873&forcedownload=true

Footnotes: Youth with more than one adjudication in a calendar year are counted only once.

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Definition: The number of children in substitute care each year. This includes children who were in foster care on January 1 of each year. This number reflects children placed by public agencies only. Children who have been placed with more than one public agency may be double-counted.

Data Source:

Source: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

Footnotes: This reflects children placed by public agencies only