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Census Undercounting Biggest Danger to Children, Casey’s Kids Count Report Warns [jjie.org]

 

Undercounting children under age 5 for the 2020 Census could have dire consequences for their public services, health and education, this year’s Kids Count Data Book warns.

In 2010, the Census missed one million children under age 5 — the worst undercounting since 1950. Such undercounting, which has happened since 1980, has only gotten worse, said Florencia Gutierrez, senior research associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

“If they’re not counted, the government doesn’t know they exist,” Gutierrez said. “Their needs are invisible.” This results in overcrowded classrooms and more kids without health insurance, she said.

[For more on this story by Victoria Edwards, go to https://jjie.org/2018/06/28/ce...-count-report-warns/]

For more information, see 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book.

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