
Statistical Handbook on the World's Children
Chandrika Kaul(Author)
Greenwood Press
Published on 30. December 2001
Book
Hardback
568 pages
978-1-57356-390-1 (ISBN)
Description
At the beginning of the 21st century, there is a growing global consciousness of the issues affecting children and a commitment to address them. The Statistical Handbook on the World's Children responds to the significant need for a comprehensive collection of international statistical material on children that can be quickly accessed and easily understood by the general researcher.
Organized into eight sections covering such general subject areas as demography, education, health and nutrition, disease, economics, social life, and crime, the Handbook offers data on some of the most important aspects of these broad-ranging topics. Each section begins with a general introduction and explanation of indicators to help the user make sense of the data, which is drawn from a wide range of recognized sources including: the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the International Criminal Police Organization, the U.S. Census Bureau, the World Bank, as well as regional and government reports, studies from nongovernmental organizations, and private research papers. Care has been taken to capture the latest available data for all indicators and Web citations, where available, are included in the source notes. More than just another statistical reference, the Handbook concludes with an appendix containing the text of several of the most important international documents related to children as well as a glossary of useful terms, and a list of key organizations devoted to children.
Organized into eight sections covering such general subject areas as demography, education, health and nutrition, disease, economics, social life, and crime, the Handbook offers data on some of the most important aspects of these broad-ranging topics. Each section begins with a general introduction and explanation of indicators to help the user make sense of the data, which is drawn from a wide range of recognized sources including: the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the International Criminal Police Organization, the U.S. Census Bureau, the World Bank, as well as regional and government reports, studies from nongovernmental organizations, and private research papers. Care has been taken to capture the latest available data for all indicators and Web citations, where available, are included in the source notes. More than just another statistical reference, the Handbook concludes with an appendix containing the text of several of the most important international documents related to children as well as a glossary of useful terms, and a list of key organizations devoted to children.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1670 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57356-390-1 (9781573563901)
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JEANIE M. WELCH is a Professor and Reference Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of The Spice Trade: A Bibliographic Guide to Sources of Historical and Economic Information (Greenwood, 1994) and numerous articles in professional journals.
Content
Introduction Demographic and Vital Statistics Education Health and Nutrition Disease, Hunger, and Malnutrition Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Economics Family, Social Environmental, and Behavior Crime, Violence, and War Appendices Acronyms Glossary Index