definition of, 34-35
education and, 134
first-time kindergartners according to the frequency with which teachers reported they persist at tasks, are eager to learn new things, and pay attention well, percentage distribution of, by child and family characteristics, fall 1998, 134t
mathematics achievement, average scale scores of students ages 9/13/17 by age/child/family characteristics, selected years 1982-99, 137t
poverty by selected characteristics, 2001-2002, 84t
poverty thresholds by size of, 2002, 80t
reading achievement, average scale scores of students ages 9/13/17 by age/child/family characteristics, selected years 1980-99, 136t
role of, changes in, 27
Family structure
households by selected characteristics, March 2000, 36t-37t
of minorities, 34-36
Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association), 40-41
Federal Election Commission, 155
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), 40-41
Federal Housing Administration, 40
Federal Law Enforcement Officers (U.S. Department of Justice), 62-63
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), 40-41
Female-headed family households, 35, 79
Fertility rates
American Indians and Alaska Natives, 19
among minorities, 92-93
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, 18
Black/African Americans, 14
fertility rates/birth rates by age of mother, 1970-2000, and by age/race of mother, 1980-2000, 22t-23t
Hispanic Americans, 5
live births, birth rates, fertility rates by Hispanic origin of mother, race for mothers of non-Hispanic origin, 1989-2000, 7t
Fifteenth Amendment, 14
Filipinos, immigration to U.S., 16-17
Florida
Cuban Americans in, 7, 9
presidential election of 2000, 159-160
Foster care, children in, 37
Foxwoods casino (CT), 71
Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation), 40-41
Friedman, Milton, 142
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