DOCUMENT RESUME ED 405 114 PS 025 094 TITLE KIDS COUNT in Michigan 1994 Data Book: County Profiles of Child and Family Well-Being. INSTITUTION Kids Count in Michigan, Lansing. SPONS AGENCY Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. PUB DATE 94 NOTE 351p.; For 1995 Data Book, see PS 025 095; for 1996 Data Book, see PS 025 096. Funding also provided by the Skillman Foundations. AVAILABLE FROM KIDS COUNT in Michigan, 300 North Washington Square, Suite 401, Lansing, MI 48993; phone: 800-837-5436, 517-487-5436; fax: 517-371-4546 ($5 plus 6% sales tax, includes postage and handling). PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141) Statistical Data (110) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC15 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS At Risk Persons; Child Health; *Children; *Counties; Demography; *Economically Disadvantaged; Elementary Secondary Education; Infant Mortality; One Parent Family; Outcomes of Education; Population Trends; Poverty; *Social Indicators; State Norms; State Surveys; Statistical Data; *Well Being IDENTIFIERS Family Support; *Indicators; *Michigan ABSTRACT This Michigan Kids Count data book for 1994 describes the condition of children in each of Michigan's 83 counties. The first part of the report presents discussions of economic security, housing, child care, education, and health care, addressing the state and national experience for families and children, critical issues, and policies and programs with the potential to affect outcomes for children. The second part of the report presents a more detailed picture for each county in five (1) economic security (the geographic distribution of poverty within counties); (2) 10-year trends in risky births using three health indicators: teenage mothers with inadequate prenatal care; low birthweight babies; births to teens without a high school diploma; (3) education outcomes as reflected in the basic skills test results (Michigan Education Assessment Program scores) for 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th grades; (4) trends in rate changes over time for each county on eight key indicators of child well-being (inadequate prenatal care, low birth-weight babies, births to teens with no diplomas, infant mortality, child deaths, teen violent deaths, serious (index) crime arrests, and high school dropouts (1993); and (5) county trends compared to statewide trends. The report notes that, overall, the majority of Michigan's children are adequately housed and nurtured. However, there is a growing share of the state's children who are not being reared with these supports. These children can be found in urban, suburban, and rural communities. The report's appendix presents annual data for ten indicators for the state and counties. (AA) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************