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Annotation: This paper estimates the impact of in-utero exposure to stress on the human capital accumulation (years of schooling) of adult offspring using a unique dataset with detailed information on parental characteristics, including prenatal levels of the hormone cortisol (a marker for stress) and offspring outcomes. The authors also explore how prenatal stress interacts with maternal human capital. The paper provides background information on the relationship between stress, cortisol, prenatal conditions, and offspring outcomes; describes the empirical strategy and data, and presents empirical results.

Contact: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398, Telephone: (617) 868-3900 Fax: (617) 868-2742 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nber.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Educational attainment, Fetal development, Hormones, Low income groups, Mothers, Parents, Poverty, Pregnancy, Research, Statistical data, Stress

Annotation: This report provides information from a webinar presented by Child Trends on July 19, 2012, that discussed the Flourishing Children Positive Indicators Project, which developed constructs to measure positive indicators in adolescents. Topics include project purpose, measurement issues, project steps, cognitive interview findings, and constructs (relationship skills, flourishing in relationships, flourishing in school and work, helping others to flourish, environmental stewardship, and personal flourishing).

Contact: Child Trends , 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200 W, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (240) 223-9200 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.childtrends.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent employment, Adolescent health, Educational attainment, Relationships, Research, Self esteem

Annotation: This report presents findings from a 2012 survey of young people (ages 14-23) that focused on identifying factors that are thought to be contributing to the decreasing number of students completing college today (for example, accessibility to college education and the affordability of college). Key findings are presented in the following categories: factors for a successful life; views on family and relationships; spending time outside of school and work; staying in touch and aware; facing challenges; outlook on politics and the future of the country; high schools; college preparation and enrollment; and employment and careers. Summaries of the survey findings describe differences based on the status of the student (whether they were in high school or had graduated) and how engaged and involved they were in school. The report also discuses career aspirations and the current employment status of young people. A description of the research methodology used and a complete list of data tables is included.

Contact: Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, 99 Canal Center Plaza, Alexandria, VA 22314, Telephone: (703) 684-9444 Fax: (703) 684-9445 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.horatioalger.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Education, Educational attainment, Factors, Motivation, Research, Statistics, Surveys, Young adults, Youth

Annotation: This paper offers evidence on the issue of whether families with low incomes and those who are members of minority groups are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards. The paper reviews some evidence about the determinants of health at birth and focuses in particular on prenatal exposure to pollution. Topics include endowments at birth and future outcomes and health at birth and environmental justice.

Contact: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398, Telephone: (617) 868-3900 Fax: (617) 868-2742 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nber.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Educational attainment, Environmental influences, Environmental pollution, Families, Infant health, Low birthweight, Low income groups, Racial factors

Annotation: This issue of The Future of Children examines the well-being of immigrant children and what can be done to improve their education attainment, health, social and cognitive development, and long-term prospects for economic mobility. The issue discusses demographic trends, family arrangements, educational trends and differentials, health status, social integration, and participation in welfare and other public programs. Policies to improve the well-being of immigrant chldren are also presented.

Contact: Future of Children, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 267 Wallace Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, Telephone: (609) 258-5894 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://futureofchildren.princeton.edu/ Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-9814705-6-6.

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Keywords: Child development, Children, Cognitive development, Demography, Economic factors, Educational attainment, Families, Health, Immigrants, Public policy, Trends, Welfare

Annotation: This interactive online application shows -- for the United States, states, or counties -- the impact that education and income have on health. The application allows visitors to change variables for income and education outcomes for any county and then view the consequences for mortality rates. Data elements include deaths per year, deaths per 100,000 people (death rate), mortality rate, deaths averted per year, and percentage of deaths averted per year.

Contact: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 50 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6614, Telephone: (877) 843-7953 Fax: Web Site: http://www.rwjf.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Communities, Educational attainment, Low income groups, Mortality, Online systems, Socioeconomic factors, Statistical data

Annotation: This report examines the lives of adolescents and young adults ages 14-24 in the United States over the last several decades. The report features status and trend data on the following topics: demographics, school-related characteristics, employment-related characteristics, activities outside of school and work, health and wellness, and future goals.

Contact: National Center for Education Statistics, 1990 K Street, N. W., Washington, DC 20006, Telephone: (202) 502-7300 Secondary Telephone: (202) 502-7442 Fax: (202) 219-1736 Web Site: http://www.nces.ed.gov Available from the website. Document Number: NCES 2012-026.

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Keywords: Adolescent employment, Adolescents, Educational attainment, Employment, Goals, Health, Statistical data, Trends, Young adults

Annotation: This issue brief examines three major pathways through which educational attainment is linked with health: health knowledge and behaviors; employment and income; and social and psychological factors, including sense of control, social standing and social support. In addition, the brief explores how educational attainment affects health across generations, examining the links between parents’ education—and the social and economic advantages it represents—and their children’s health and social advantages, including opportunities for educational attainment.

Contact: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 50 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6614, Telephone: (877) 843-7953 Fax: Web Site: http://www.rwjf.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Life course, Barriers, Educational attainment, Health behavior, Health status, Health status disparities, Research, Socioeconomic factors

Annotation: This research brief brings together findings from a variety of research resources to identify 10 actionable, feasible goals involving non-school factors that affect educational outcomes and can be addressed through out-of-school-time programs. The goals include (1) reduce unintended pregnancies, (2) improve prenatal and postnatal maternal health, (3) improve parenting practices among parents of infants and young children, (4) improve young children's nutrition and encourage mothers to breastfeed, (5) enhance the quality and availability of educational child care, preschool, pre-kindergarten, and full-day kindergarten, (6) connect children and adolescents with long-term mentors, (7) improve parenting practices among parents of school-age children and adolescents, (8) provide family and couples counseling to improve family functioning, (9) provide high-quality educational after-school and summer programs, and (10) develop positive social skills and reduce delinquency among adolescents. The brief describes research findings related to each goal and types of programs that effectively address each goal.

Contact: Child Trends , 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200 W, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (240) 223-9200 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.childtrends.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescents, Breastfeeding promotion, Child care, Children, Early childhood education, Educational attainment, Families, Family support services, Infants, Nutrition, Parenting skills, Prenatal care, Prevention, Programs, Unwanted pregnancy, Women', Young children, s health

Annotation: This study examines the relationship between grade point average (GPA) and the experience of two primary depression symptoms -- feeling sad and losing interest in usual activities -- for at least two consecutive weeks among high school students during the years 2001-2009. The study discusses previous literature and draws upon data from the 2001, 2003, and 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS), which monitors health risk behaviors and includes a national school-based survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Contact: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398, Telephone: (617) 868-3900 Fax: (617) 868-2742 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nber.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent mental health, Adolescents, Depression, Educational attainment, Educational psychology, High schools

Annotation: This report discusses the importance of early childhood programs and provides guidance on how governors can ensure that their states support high-quality, comprehensive early childhood systems. Topics include the promise of a comprehensive, high-quality early childhood system (i.e., why such a system is important); the features of such a system; and state actions to develop such a system.

Contact: National Governors Association, 444 North Capitol Street, Suite 267, Washington, DC 20001-1512, Telephone: (202) 624-5300 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nga.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Early childhood development, Early childhood education, Educational attainment, Ethnic factors, Infants, Low income groups, Parents, Racial factors, State programs, Young children

Annotation: This fact sheet provides findings from an analysis of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a longitudinal study of groups of siblings and their parents for up to 40 years, that looked at the relationship between childhood depression, substance abuse, or other psychological conditions and affected children's ability to work and earn as adults, to get married, and to achieve educationally.

Contact: Rand Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407-3208, Telephone: (310) 393-0411 Fax: 310-393-4818 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.rand.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Children, Costs, Depression, Educational attainment, Families, Mental disorders, Parents, Substance abuse, Treatment

Annotation: This report presents geometric mean lead and mercury blood levels of pregnant women in the United States. The report compares mercury and lead levels by pregnant vs. non-pregnant women, by women's ages, for pregnant women with no prior pregnancies vs. those with prior pregnancies, by education level, by race and ethnicity, and by Mexican-American women born in Mexico vs. those born in the United States.

Contact: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs Available at no charge; also available from the website.

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Keywords: Age factors, Educational attainment, Environmental exposure, Ethnic factors, Immigrants, Lead poisoning, Mercury, Pregnant women, Racial factors, Statistical data

Annotation: This data brief presents national data between 2005 and 2008 on childhood obesity and its association with poverty income ratio and education of household head. Results are presented by sex and race and ethnicity.

Contact: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 5419, Hyattsville, MD 20782, Telephone: (800) 232-4636 Secondary Telephone: (888) 232-6348 Fax: (301) 458-4020 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs Available at no charge; also available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Educational attainment, Ethnic factors, Families, Income factors, Obesity, Poverty, Racial factors, Statistical data

Annotation: This essay discusses how improving education levels can increase life expectancy more effectively than medical advances can. It also discusses how schools can be used as opportunities to improve the health of a significant portion of the population each day. In addition, the essay describes an increase in sales tax that was dedicated to improving education in South Carolina.

Contact: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 50 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540-6614, Telephone: (877) 843-7953 Fax: Web Site: http://www.rwjf.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Advocacy, Children, Educational attainment, Health promotion, Life expectancy, Oral health, Social factors, South Carolina, State initiatives

Annotation: This report identifies existing best-practice models of community components incorporated in pipelines of support, starting with prenatal programs and ending when young people graduate from college, that seek to help children in poverty and those at high risk secure educational and economic opportunities. The report is intended to help communities interested in developing their own youth-focused, place-based initiatives modeled on the Harlem Children's Zone. It lists programs that have been shown to be effective via their participation in randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

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Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Community programs, Education, Educational attainment, Evaluation, Families, Family support programs, High risk adolescents, High risk children, High risk groups, Infants, Low income groups, Model programs, Poverty, Prenatal care, Young adults, Young children

Annotation: This paper investigates the association between weight and adolescents' educational attainment as measured by highest grade attended, highest grade completed, and drop out status for youths age 14 to 18.

Contact: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398, Telephone: (617) 868-3900 Fax: (617) 868-2742 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nber.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Body weight, Educational attainment, Obesity, Youth

Annotation: This report, using a nationally representative sample of infants born in 2001, examines characteristics that may serve as risk factors to development in children between 9 and 24 months of age. Within three domains, cognitive development, general health, and social-emotional development, disparities in family income, race/ethnicity, home language, and mother's educational attainment are examined.

Contact: Child Trends , 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200 W, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (240) 223-9200 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.childtrends.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child development, Educational attainment, Infant development, Low income groups, Racial factors, Socioeconomic factors

Annotation: This document is a needs assessment for Yuma Country, Arizona. The document includes a summary of county characteristics (history and description, demographic indicators, marital status, economic indicators, and education) and discusses general health indicators, materal and perinatal health indicators, infant and child health indicators; Healthy People 2010; Title V block grant performance measures; and a survey of prenatal care in Yuma County.

Contact: University of Arizona, Center for Rural Health, 1295 N Martin - P.O. Box 245163, Tucson, AZ 85724, Telephone: (520) 626-5823 Fax: (520) 626-3101 E-mail: http://crh.arizona.edu/contact Web Site: http://www.crh.arizona.edu Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Domestic violence, Economic factors, Education, Educational attainment, Health, Health care utilization, Health services, Healthy People 2010, Infant health, Low birthweight, Low income groups, Marital status, Perinatal health, Prenatal care, Statistical data, Title V of the Social Security Act, Unemployment, lead poisoning, oral heath

Annotation: This report focuses on Promise Neighborhoods, an initiative proposed by President Barak Obama that would identify 20 communities experiencing poverty, crime, and low student achievement and would implement a strategy to meet several goals, including achieving good physical and mental health for children, enrollment in and graduation from college by every child, and good jobs for parents so that families are economically self-sufficient. The report addresses the feasibility of measuring the results of such an initiative. The paper proposed criteria for selection of indicators and presents a list of desired program results.

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Keywords: Children, Crime, Economic factors, Educational attainment, Employment, Families, Federal programs, Health, Mental health, Initiatives, Low income groups, Parents, Poverty, Program evaluation