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Overall Child Well-Being in the United States
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This year’s KIDS COUNT Data Book presents a picture of child well-being as the nation recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparisons are made between 2019 and 2023 where possible.
During this time, six indicators worsened, while three stayed the same and seven improved. The child poverty rate dropped and the employment security of parents improved relative to 2019. At the same time, educational achievement was hit hard and the child and teen death rate climbed.
