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Child and family data

The North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute in Raleigh has put together an interesting new database on children and families in North Carolina.

Using this database, you can look up demographic information on each House and Senate district in the state. What kind of information is available? Well, you can find out how many kids dropped out of school in your neighborhood, how many are being raised in single-parent homes, how many are poor or non-English speaking and how many are being raised by grandparents.

It's valuable information and just as importantly, it's now easy to access.

You can look up your House and Senate district on the NCCAI Web site using your zip code. But here's a quick list for Guilford County:

Senate:
District 26 - Phil Berger
District 27 - Kay Hagan
District 28 - Katie Dorsett
District 33 - Stan Bingham

House:
District 57 - Pricey Harrison
District 58 - Alma Adams
District 59 - Maggie Jeffus
District 60 - Earl Jones
District 61 - Laura Wiley
District 62 - John Blust

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tatersnmaters said:

Interesting how you imply that dropouts do not occur in 3-bedroom homes with 2-car garages.

bruce buchanan said:

I think you misunderstood me, taters. If so, my fault. I'm not implying that in any way, shape or form. I'm just giving examples of the type of information available on this database.

Itsy said:

I noticed that a student is more likey to drop out of school if they live with their paternal grandfather, have only 1 1/2 baths, speak mandarin and are "poor"..or wait, was that EAT mandarins? Anyway, nice work Bruce.

I'll make the assumption that more students and their families have moved from my neighborhood because of the Sh"IT" plan than have dropped out. And the number of bathrooms and garages has nothing to do with it.

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