Economic Hardship Among Most Common Adverse Experiences for U.S. Children

2018
In this report, the authors estimate the prevalence of eight adverse childhood experiences for children in 2016 nationally, by state, and by race and ethnicity. The experiences examined are economic hardship, parental divorce or separation, parental death, parental incarceration, violence among adults in the home, victim of or witness to neighborhood violence, living with a mentally ill adult, and living with someone who has a substance use problem.
https://www.childtrends.org/news-release/economic-hardship-among-common-adverse-experiences-u-s-children?ct=t%282nd_CCR_R_Update_October_2017%29&mc_cid=c475d6586b&mc_eid=5f4253054b

Resource Type: 

  • Print

Topic: 

  • Family
  • Leadership
  • Policy

Types of Diversity: 

  • Children and Families who are Culturally, Racially, and Ethnically Diverse
  • Children and Families who have Experienced Maltreatment and Trauma

NC Community College Core Course: 

  • Introduction to Early Childhood
  • Child, Family, and Community
  • Health, Safety, and Nutrition
  • Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
  • Child Development and Learning