The State of Arizona's Children 1997/98 is the fourth comprehensive look at the status of children and families in Arizona. It is based on indicators that, when taken as a whole, reflect threats to child well-being in our state. The report focuses on data that have been collected over several years, allowing us to examine trends in the status of Arizona's children. Our last report compared child well-being in 1990 and 1994. This report compares 1990 and 1996. Charts 1 and 2 display summaries of these trends. By and large, the trends in child well-being occurring between 1990 and 1994 continued through 1996. While the state population and economy grew dramatically, the condition of children continued to deteriorate in many ways. The box on page 7 describes number of important areas in which the trends of the early 1990's were reversed between 1994 and 1996.

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