Change Indicator

Births to mothers without a high school degree in Kentucky

Births to mothers without a high school degree

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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.

Why This Indicator Matters

View data by race/ethnicity here:
Kentucky Youth Advocates has provided data disaggregated by race and ethnicity for Kentucky counties for which reliable data exists. Access the data at
 https://kyyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Mothers-Education-Race.pdf. 

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Definition and Source

PROVIDER

Definition

Percentage of all live births to women with no high school degree or equivalent.

Data Source

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Vital Statistics Branch, processed by the Kentucky State Data Center.

Notes

Data were reported by mother's place of residence. For cases where the information for this variable was missing, the case was excluded from the total number of live births. The numerator for the rate calculation is the sum of three years of data. 

Updated 9/8/2023

Last Updated

September 2023