We found that for all nine indicators, left-behind children performed as well as or better than children living with both parents.
Although Utah and Colorado ranked above the national average, California (41st), Texas (44th), Arizona (46th), Nevada (48th), and New Mexico (49th) all were among the 10 worst states based on key child indicators, such as child poverty, infant mortality, and high school graduation rates.
UNICEF maintains global databases for a number of child protection indicators, as well as some regional databases such as the TransMONEE.
Having children at the time of the baseline interview was included in the analysis with having children as the indicator category and no children as the reference category.
"We cannot have dying children as an indicator of the presence of the disease".
"People have to be well-informed to avoid the virus, we cannot have dying children as an indicator of the presence of the disease," he added.
Beating children, as an indicator of stress, had a high loading (0.7) on the stress construct, and was maintained in the stress score variable.
Health-related Quality of Life instruments have rarely been used in comparative trials, so that information on HrQoL in short statured children as an indicator of treatment efficacy, particularly in the context of clinical efficacy trials of GH treatment, is missing.
Using the 4-day recall adherence indicator, all children were classified as fully or moderately adherent to ART (Table 2).
Child welfare indicators such as child mortality rates are among the worst in the world and special efforts are needed if any considerable progress towards the Millennium Development Goals is to be made.
