Citation

Hernandez DJ, Denton NA, Blanchard VL. Ann. Am. Acad. Polit. Soc. Sci. 2011; 633(1): 102-127.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0002716210383205

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The rights that the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) enumerates include the rights to (1) an adequate standard of living, (2) an education directed toward the development of the child’s fullest potential, (3) the highest attainable standard of health, and (4) the child’s own cultural identity and use of his or her own language. The CRC states that these rights shall be ensured regardless of various statuses of children, including race, ethnic origin, national origin, and language. This article presents a statistical baseline for assessing the diversity of children in the United States with regard to these statuses, presents results for statistical indicators of well-being for children distinguished by these statuses, and discusses public policies to reduce inequalities relevant to these rights.