Social indicators are variables that reflect social condition, that is, that "indicate" something about the nature and quality of life in a society. This module examines KIDS COUNT data in a broad fashion and assesses the available indicators of the status of children in the United States. The module looks at the status of children in Maryland compared to the other states as suggested by the indicators. This module was prepared for a course on the Sociology of Childhood.

This module focuses on factors related to death rates for children and teens.

In this module we will be examining Kids Count data and identifying how we can use the available indicators of status of children in the United States for statistical analysis.

This module looks at educational issues, particularly at children who are having problems with the educational process.

Social stratification involves looking at how scarce resources are distributed in society. In the United States, income is obviously one important scarce resource. Social stratification has consequences. At the individual level, income is related to life consequences, such as the quality and quantity of education, health care, and housing one obtains, and even the how long one lives. This exercise looks at a few aspects of stratification and its consequences.

This module examines the percent of children in poverty and some of the factors related to child poverty.

This module examines Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) and some of the factors related to infant mortality.

This module focuses on factors related to juvenile delinquency.

This module focuses on education and child well-being.

This module focuses on outcomes for kids living in poverty.

This module explores indicators of child well being in Minnesota using county-level data.

This module explores how family structure and financial resources impact indicators of child well-being.

This module helps students to develop a report to inform the Governor's office about the state of young people in this country

This module will use KIDS COUNT data and tools to examine the relationship between education and other indicators in the United States and Ohio.

This module discusses the correlations between living in an Appalachian county in Ohio and various indicators of poverty.