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 Well-Child Visits In 2004, children under the age of six without health insurance coverage were significantly less likely than children with health insurance coverage to have received a well-child check-up in the past year (66 percent versus 87 percent, respectively)... > View Indicator Breastfeeding In 2004, non-Hispanic black mothers were less likely than non-Hispanic white, Hispanic, and Asian mothers to breastfeed their infants at six months (21 percent compared with 38 percent for non-Hispanic white mothers and 40 percent for Hispanic and Asian mothers)... > View Indicator Early School Readiness Very young children living in poverty are much less likely than are nonpoor children to be able to recognize the letters of the alphabet, count to 20 or higher, write their name, or read or pretend to read... > View Indicator Head Start Children living in neighborhoods with high concentrations of child poverty are much more likely than children living in more affluent neighborhoods to be participating in a Head Start program. In 2001, 28 percent of children ages three to four who lived in neighborhoods where at least 20 percent of those under age 18 lived in poverty attended Head Start programs, compared with 3 percent of children ages three to four who lived in neighborhoods where less than five percent of the child population lived in poverty... > View Indicator Early Childhood Program Enrollment Following a substantial increase in participation between 1996 and 1999, the proportion of pre-kindergarten 3- to 5-year-olds attending center-based early childhood care and education programs dropped from 60 to 56 percent by 2001, and was at 57 percent in 2005... > View Indicator Preschool and Prekindergarten Programs Among those children not yet enrolled in kindergarten, the percentage of three- to five-year olds enrolled in full-day prekindergarten and preschool programs increased from 22 percent in 1995 to 28 percent in 2003. Among children in families with very low incomes (less than $15,000), the percentage increased from 19 percent to 27 percent between 1995 and 2003... > View Indicator Public schools with Prekindergarten and Special Education Prekindergarten Programs Public elementary schools in areas where most children are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches are much more likely than schools in wealthier areas to offer prekindergarten classes. During the 2000-2001 school year, over half (51 percent) of public elementary schools with 75 percent or more of all students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch had prekindergarten classes. In contrast, one quarter of public elementary schools with less than 35 percent of all students eligible for free lunch offered prekindergarten classes... > View Indicator Full-day Kindergarten Since 1977, the percentage of kindergartners enrolled in full-day (in contrast to half-day) programs has more than doubled, increasing from 28 percent of all kindergartners in 1977 to 65 percent of all kindergartners in 2003... > View Indicator Kindergartners' Social Interaction Skills Four out of five children enter kindergarten with the level of positive social skills that facilitate better school outcomes... > View Indicator Child Care In 2005, 61 percent of children from birth through age six (and not in kindergarten) spent time in nonparental child care... > View Indicator Parental Warmth and Affection Most mothers and fathers report that they hug their children and tell their children that they love them every day, with daily hugs as high as 90 percent or more for the youngest children... > View Indicator Regular Bedtime and Mealtime Young children from low income families are much less likely than those from high income families to have a regular bedtime and a regular mealtime. In 2000, 47 percent of those with annual family incomes at or below $17,500 had both the same bedtime and the same mealtime every day, compared with 70 percent for those with family incomes exceeding $60,000... > View Indicator
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