Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections.

Family indicators, which typically include measures such as family structure, benefit receipt, and employment and poverty status, do not fully portray how families function as a unit and as part of society. This chartbook begins to address this gap by presenting examples of how available data can be used to generate indicators of the social context of families. It also assesses the need for additional data and measures in several domains. A selection of important areas for further development are discussed.