Statistics on children, youth and families in Pennsylvania from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
Mother Education - Births to mothers with less than a high school education in Pennsylvania
Mother Education - Births to mothers with less than a high school education
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Why This Indicator Matters
[1] United States Census Bureau. (2021). About Educational Attainment. https://www.census.gov/topics/education/educational-attainment/about.html
[2] The Chung Report. (2017). Educational Attainment, Explained. https://thechungreport.com/educational-attainment-explained/
[3] Karlsen, S., Say, L., Souza, J. P., Hogue, C. J., Calles, D. L., Gülmezoglu, A. M., & Raine, R. (2011). The Relationship Between Maternal Education and Mortality Among Women Giving Birth in Health Care Institutions: Analysis of The Cross Sectional WHO Global Survey on Maternal And Perinatal Health. BMC Public Health, 11, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-606
[4] Weitzman, A. (2017). The Effects of Women's Education on Maternal Health: Evidence from Peru. Social Science & Medicine, 180, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.socscimed.2017.03.004
[5] Lawrence, E. M., Rogers, R. G., & Hummer, R. A. (2020). Maternal Educational Attainment and Child Health in the United States. American Journal of Health Promotion, 34(3), 303-306. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117119890799
[6] National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (2021). Characteristics of Children’s Families. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cce
[7] Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI). (2014). Unequal Opportunities: Fewer Resources, Worse Outcomes for Students in Schools with Concentrated Poverty. https://thecommonwealthinstitute.org/research/unequal-opportunities-fewer-resources-worse-outcomes-for-students-in-schools-with-concentrated-poverty/
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ND = DATA NOT DISPLAYED. Statistics (rates, ratios, percents) are not calculated and displayed for counts less than 10 (or less than 3 for Bayesian/Nearest Neighbor rates). This is due to the unreliability of statistics based on small numbers of events.
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