California's Young Children: Demographic, Social, and Economic Conditions

Publication Date: November 2002

Publisher: Public Policy Institute of California

Author(s): Deborah Reed; Amanda Bailey

Research Area: Population and demographics

Type: Report

Coverage: California

Abstract:

Examines how the social and economic circumstances of California's young children vary according to race and ethnicity, nativity and immigrant generation, region, family structure, and parents' education and workforce participation. Findings indicate that young children in immigrant families, who make up almost half the state's young child population, have the greatest needs but appear to be under-enrolled in current programs.