Statistical Handbook on the World's Children: - Hardcover

Kaul, Chandrika

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573563900 ISBN 13: 9781573563901

Publisher: Greenwood, 2001

Synopsis

At the beginning of the 21st century, there is a growing global consciousness of the issues affecting children and a commitment to address them. The Statistical Handbook on the World's Children responds to the significant need for a comprehensive collection of international statistical material on children that can be quickly accessed and easily understood by the general researcher.

Organized into eight sections covering such general subject areas as demography, education, health and nutrition, disease, economics, social life, and crime, the Handbook offers data on some of the most important aspects of these broad-ranging topics. Each section begins with a general introduction and explanation of indicators to help the user make sense of the data, which is drawn from a wide range of recognized sources including: the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the International Criminal Police Organization, the U.S. Census Bureau, the World Bank, as well as regional and government reports, studies from nongovernmental organizations, and private research papers. Care has been taken to capture the latest available data for all indicators and Web citations, where available, are included in the source notes. More than just another statistical reference, the Handbook concludes with an appendix containing the text of several of the most important international documents related to children as well as a glossary of useful terms, and a list of key organizations devoted to children.

About this title

About the Author:

JEANIE M. WELCH is a Professor and Reference Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the author of The Spice Trade: A Bibliographic Guide to Sources of Historical and Economic Information (Greenwood, 1994) and numerous articles in professional journals.

Review:

..."provides a portrait of the state of the world's children... The well formatted layout and large size of this book make the statistics easy to read and use. Citations to the sources are accompanied by the location of their related Web sites, so the researcher may locate revised information when it becomes available. Appendices containing the texts of documents such as "Declaration of the Rights of the Child" and "C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999" are as excellent addition. This volume is recommended for academic and large public libraries."-Booklist/RBB

"Recommended for high school, public, and academic collections."-CHOICE

"Chandrika Kaul has rendered an enormous service be giving us a comprehensive, well-organized, thoroughly documented, and truly international compilation of statistics of the world's children....recommended highly for all academic libraries."-College & Research Libraries

"Statistical Handbook on the World's Children is clear and logical in its format. The information reflects recent studies and its purpose of promoting the well being of all children is clear. If there is to be an effort to improve the lives of children worldwide, information such as that provided in this volume is an important starting place...libraries."-Reference & User Services Quarterly

..."provides the reader with a substantial collection of statistics on an important topic....Chandrika Kaul should be pleased with her effort. She presents the researcher and student with a convenient, easy-to-use compendium of diverse statistics that will shed light on a variety of topics related to children's issues. Given the importance of this subject, as well as increasing interest, both public and academic libraries will want to add this volume in their collections of statistical resources."-Against the Grain

?Recommended for high school, public, and academic collections.?-CHOICE

?Chandrika Kaul has rendered an enormous service be giving us a comprehensive, well-organized, thoroughly documented, and truly international compilation of statistics of the world's children....recommended highly for all academic libraries.?-College & Research Libraries

?Statistical Handbook on the World's Children is clear and logical in its format. The information reflects recent studies and its purpose of promoting the well being of all children is clear. If there is to be an effort to improve the lives of children worldwide, information such as that provided in this volume is an important starting place...libraries.?-Reference & User Services Quarterly

?...provides the reader with a substantial collection of statistics on an important topic....Chandrika Kaul should be pleased with her effort. She presents the researcher and student with a convenient, easy-to-use compendium of diverse statistics that will shed light on a variety of topics related to children's issues. Given the importance of this subject, as well as increasing interest, both public and academic libraries will want to add this volume in their collections of statistical resources.?-Against the Grain

?...provides a portrait of the state of the world's children... The well formatted layout and large size of this book make the statistics easy to read and use. Citations to the sources are accompanied by the location of their related Web sites, so the researcher may locate revised information when it becomes available. Appendices containing the texts of documents such as "Declaration of the Rights of the Child" and "C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999" are as excellent addition. This volume is recommended for academic and large public libraries.?-Booklist/RBB

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1573563900
• ISBN 13: 9781573563901
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 568