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Children's Demographics Database The Children's Demographics Database (CDD) contains the most current and detailed children's demographic data and data on children's living environment available. Developed by Proximity from the Census 2000 school district special tabulation, the national scope database provides data for each school district in the U.S. Proximity provides comprehensive services to make use of these data: online access to the data for analytical use, the underlying database files for use on your computer, integration of these data with other-sourced data, software to perform custom structured displays and analysis, training and presentations on use of the data, and analyses of these data.
This profile presents selected data from the "Children's Own" CDD data file (see separate file description) for the Kalani High School Complex Area, Hawaii (view maps of the Kalani area). Data were tabulated in the School District Special Tabulation for Hawaii high school complex areas as if these areas were regular school districts. The same data presented here are available for each school district in the U.S., provided the area meets minimum threshold size for tabulation eligibility. (There must be 50 children in the school district area for the data record to be tabulated; 13,559 school district tabulation areas of total 14,286 meet this criteria.)
The graphic at the right "Houston, TX" (Houston Independent School District) shows data similar to that as presented for Kalani. Rather than using Table P6, Table P7 is shown. This table shows the combined race/ethnic categories and might be more useful for Houston than P6. 53-percent of children are Latino/Hispanic. Compare the Kalani and Houston spreadsheets. In Kalani, children are enrolled in roughly equal parts public and private. There are few children not enrolled. Contrast this to Houston where the large majority of children enrolled are enrolled in public school. Note that the data on children not enrolled takes on new importance -- there are approximately 36,000 relevant children not enrolled in school in the Houston school district (approximately 25,000 of this group are Latino) Table P87 shows how the data can be used to gain insights as to poverty incidence and how different segments of the population are impacted. As shown in the spreadsheet for the Houston Independent School District, overall, 29-percent of children are living below poverty level. 31-percent of children enrolled in public school are living below poverty level. 37-percent of children not enrolled in school are living below poverty level. What Data Are Available in CDD? See the listing of data tables developed for the Census 2000 School District Tabulation. This is the "master" set of tables. Not all tables are available for the children's universes tabulations. To determine which tables are available for the tabulation universes, see the tabulation record/table correspondence charts. Table numbers are listed in the left column. The header shows the type of tabulation universe. The spreadsheets shown in the examples reviewed on this Web page contain data taken only from "CO". You can see, for example, that tables P3 and P4 are not available for CO, but are available for other tabulation universes. If you are seeking data on children receiving public assistance, you first need to determine which tables contain these data (listing of data tables) and then see if that table is available in the tabulation universe of interest. CDD File Structures The CDD contains 27 types of files. Each file contains records corresponding to school districts for different tabulation universes and include different types of subject matter fields The 27 record/file types are summarized in the table presented below. Click on the link to view the fields included in the file of interest.
How to Order. How to Order. The U.S. by School District Children's Demographics Database CD-ROM may be purchased by check or credit card. Contact Proximity (specify "CDD" in comments) for pricing details and file structural options. Single state extract files and record-type oriented extracts are available. Option 1: Paying by Credit Card. Contact Proximity to obtain a secure link for credit card orders. Option 2: Pay by Check. Complete this form if you are paying by check. A confirming e-mail is sent to you upon receiving your order. A statement is sent if you are paying by check. Orders paid by credit card are shipped within 2 days. Orders paid by check can be shipped on the same day that your payment is mailed. Expedited delivery is available. [goto top] |
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