Welcome to the Child Trends DataBank

Welcome to the one-stop source for the latest national trends and research on over 100 key indicators
of child and youth well-being. This information is provided by Child Trends, a national leader in the field for over 30 years.

Featured Indicator: "Attitudes Toward Spanking" Survey: Spanking Endorsed by Sizeable Majority of Men and Women More than three-quarters of men, and nearly two-thirds of women agreed in 2008 that a child sometimes needs “a good hard spanking.” Read more . . .

 

		Find Indicators by Life Stages			Find Indicators by Well-Being Areas			The Context for Children
		♦ Pregnancy and Birth			♦ Health & Safety			♦ Demographics
			A healthy pregnancy, and healthy status at birth, set the stage for subsequent child development and well-being.			Status-indicators connected with surviving, and thriving, from birth through young adulthood.			Broad descriptors of the U.S. child population (numbers, fertility and birth rates, race/ethnicity, family structure).
		♦ Infants and Young Children			♦ Child Care & Education			♦ Family & Community
			Indicators in this section relate to Health & Well-Being Status, Health & Well-Being Activities, and Learning.			Indicators of skills, activities, and participation related to learning, from preschool through young adulthood.			Measures of the roles parents, schools, and neighborhoods play in the lives of children
		♦ Adolescents			♦ Behaviors			♦ Economic Security
			Indicators in this section include those related to Health & Well-Being Status, Health & Well-Being Activities, and Learning.			Indicators of behaviors important to thriving, from early childhood through young adulthood.			Measures of the economic status of children, and the economic supports available to them.
		♦ Young Adults
			Indicators in this section include those related to Health & Well-Being Status, Health & Well-Being Activities, and Learning.