Kids Count Report – West Virginia

WV child well-being improved, but not enough, says advocacy group, By Lydia Nuzum, April 13, 2016, Charleston Gazette-Mail: “Child well-being in West Virginia has improved in many respects in the last decade, but two big indicators of childhood health — low birth weight and poverty — have gotten worse, according to data released Wednesday. The 2015 West Virginia Kids Count Data Book, which focuses on key trends in child well-being, measures child well-being in four domains: economic well-being, education, health and family and community. The report includes county-by-county data in 11 core measures, including infant mortality rates, the percentage of four-year-olds enrolled in preschool, the teen birth rate and the high school dropout rate…”