http://www.childstats.gov/pdf/ac2009/ac_09.pdf

Offers a compendium of 40 key indicators across seven areas on aspects of the lives of children. The seven areas are family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. From the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pipvcluc.htm

Examines the characteristics and legal processing of more than 3,700 cases of intimate partner violence in 16 large urban counties. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_01/sr01_048.PDF

Describes the design and planning work for the transition to continuous interviewing in the National Survey of Family Growth, which provides national estimates of factors affecting pregnancy and birth rates, male and female health, and parenting. From the National Center for Health Statistics.

http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p20-561.pdf

Reports that stay-at-home mothers are younger, poorer, less educated, and more likely to be foreign-born and Hispanic. Also calls into question the belief that women are forsaking careers to return to the home. Represents the first time the Census Bureau has done an analysis of stay-at-home moms. Also reports that the number of people living alone has risen from 17% in 1970 to 27% in 2007. From the Census Bureau.

http://consensus.nih.gov/2009/Fhx%20images/familyhistory_draftstmt.pdf

Discusses the importance of famly history information as a health risk assessment and treatment tool and the consensus emerging from a State of the Science conference convened to consider 6 questions about the accuracy, importance, difficulties and future research directions relating to family history information in the primary care setting. From the National Institutes of Health

http://www.cdc.gov/NCHS/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_19.pdf

Provides data by states and for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Data subject to later revision. From the National Center for Health Statistics.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db21.pdf

Reports that the average age of first-time mothers increased 3.6 years from 1970 to 2006, from 21.4 to 25.0 years. Provides statistics on delayed childbearing by geography and demographic characteristics. Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Washington and northeastern states had the largest increase in mother's average age at first birth since 1970. From the National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/CRC/crc2008.pdf

Provides the most recent estimates for husband-wife and single-parent families using data from the 2005-06 Consumer Expenditure Survey updated to 2008 dollars with the Consumer Price Index. Reports that annual child-rearing expenses range between $11,610 and $13,480 per child for a two child, married couple family in the middle income group. From the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

http://www.cdc.gov/NCHS/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_19.pdf

Also covers fertility rate and infant deaths. Provides state by state data. From the National Center for Health Statistics.

http://childstats.gov/pdf/ac2009/ac_09.pdf

Presents 40 key indicators grouped in seven sections on important aspects of children's lives. The sections are family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. From the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db19.pdf

Reports that over 70% of men and women aged 25-44 have been or are married, but that non-Hispanic black men and women have lower percentages of marriage than Hispanics and whites. The probability that men will marry by 40 is 81%; for women the figure is 86%. From the National Center for Health Statistics.