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Administration for Children and Families (U.S.)

Statistics/Data Link (under Policy/Planning heading) provides a number of good statistical resources for researchers
Press Releases (in the right hand column of the page provide information about the latests data releases

Census Bureau Children's Data

Child Development Supplement (UMich Survey Research Center)

Special surveys of mental and health development of children, 0-12
Studies on the use of time by children and their parents
Bibliography of reports, some on the web
Additional data files in compressed format include caregivers, fathers, children, and teachers' time use

Child Welfare Information Gateway

U.S. adoption statistics since 1999 and data on international adoptions since 1990
Formerly known as the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

Child Welfare Outcomes (DHHS)

Detailed state data on children who have come in contact with the child welfare system
Child maltreatment data by child's age, race, and type of maltreatment
Children in foster care
Children adopted by age or race

Children's Health Insurance Program and Television Watching

ChildStats

Population, economic, health, and education statistics for the nation
International comparisons
Nurturing fatherhood
Federal inter-agency web site about statistics on children
Key indicators of child well-being (population, economic, health, substance abuse, blood lead)

Data by CDF Division (Children's Defense Fund)

National and state data on demographic and economic characteristics
Child abuse, welfare payments, poverty, health problems, child care, homicides, suicides, and teen birth rate

Grandparents and Grandchildren (Census Bureau)

National data on households headed by grandparents with and without the presence of parents
Characteristics of grandparents include age, education, race, income, poverty and employment
Data for 1970, 1980, 1990 and 1997
Percent of households headed by grandparents for states, 1990

Kids Count (Annie E. Casey Foundation)

State and national data on child poverty, children living with working parents, salaries of clid care workers, and immunizations
State rankings on childhood death, crime, and poverty since 1985
Similar data for large metropolitan areas