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... As growing numbers of policy makers turn to the federal statistical system to help guide them in the development of policies and programs for children and youth, longitudinal data on children hold the key to knowledge about the factors that impede or foster healthy development. Given this continuing interest in monitoring and understanding the lives of children and youth, the Committee on National Statistics and the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Na longitudinal main 1 8128198, 9:56 AM
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... support collaboration across otherwise independent longitudinal research initiatives on children and youth. Sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, the workshop brought together principal investigators from a number of major longitudinal surveys on children, other experts in the field, and representatives from federal government agencies.


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