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Study Shows Geographic Disparities in Child Well-Being in Ohio

Image by Ano Lobb on Flickr
Image by Ano Lobb on Flickr

Dawn Wallace-Pascoe is with the Children's Defense Fund of Ohio, whose Kids Count survey looked at child poverty in different areas of the state.

"Overall, children who live in Appalachia and in metropolitan areas score lower on the 15 or so indicators of child well being that we track," she said. "Children in suburban areas scored the best on all but one indicator...the indicator for babies born at low birth weights."

Non-Appalachian rural kids scored best in that metric. Wallace Pascoe said the Youngstown area has the highest child poverty rate in the nation.

Nick Castele was a senior reporter covering politics and government for Ideastream Public Media. He worked as a reporter for Ideastream from 2012-2022.