1. Switzerland County, Indiana
Indiana Prevention Resource Center GIS in Prevention County Profiles Series, No. 4
Switzerland County, Indiana
Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP, Project Director
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2. GIS in Prevention County Profile Series, No. 4
Switzerland County, Indiana
Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP
Project Director
Project Staff:
Ritika Bhawal, MPH
Ryan Chopra, MPH
Kyoungsun Heo, MPA
Tuba M. Pervin Altay, MPH
Indiana Prevention Resource Center
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3. Switzerland County Map
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4. 6.16 - 6.14 Archival Risk Factors
Family Risk Factors: Family Management Problems
6.27 Children in Home with No Parent Present
Family Risk Factors: Family Conflict
6.28 Divorce Rate
Family Risk Factors: Favorable Parental Attitudes & Involvement
6.29 Households Where All Parents Work

5. 6.27 Children in Homes with No Parent Present
Risk Factors: Family Risk Factors – Family Management Problems
6.27 Children in Homes with No Parent Present
CSAP defines this risk indicator as the children living in homes with neither parent. It calculates this indicator as a rate (the sum of children living in a household headed by a male or female not the parent plus children living in group quarters divided by the sum of all the types of home circumstances in which children might live, times 100). The following table shows only the percent of all households with children that are headed by a non-family member. The figure for this county is compared to the state and the nation.
Households with No Parent Present, 2004 (AGS, 2005)
Switzerland County, IN
Indiana
U.S.
Households with children (2003)
1,265.00
803,724.00
38,677,690.00
Non-family Male Head (Percent)
0.80
0.5
0.8
Non-family Female Head (Percent) -
0.2
Percent of All Households w/ Children Where No Parent in Present 1
Table 6.27: Households with Children with No Parent 2005 (AGS, 2005 est., 2006)

6. 6.28 Divorce Rate Table 6.28: Divorce Rates (AGS, 2005 est., 2006)
Risk Factors: Family Risk Factors – Family Conflict
6.28 Divorce Rate
CSAP defines family conflict in terms of the divorce rate. Another statistic which CSAP does not mention, but which would be relevant to this risk factor, would be rates of domestic violence in households with children.
Table 6.28: Divorce Rates (AGS, 2005 est., 2006)
Divorce Rate, 2005 est. (AGS,2006)
County
Switzerland
Indiana
U.S.
Divorced (Percent) 6
6.4

7. Map: Divorce Rate St. Joseph County, IN Mishawaka city, IN
South Bend city, IN
Map: Divorce Rate
Indiana Prevention Resource Center
AGS, Core Demographics
2004 est., 2005.

8. 6.29 Households Where All Parents Work
Risk Factors: Family Risk Factors – Parental Attitudes & Involvement
6.29 Households Where All Parents Work
One way to measure involvement is to look at households where every available parent is working. In # County, according to the 2000 Census SF3, the following percents of children were living in households where both parents work. For comparison, all families with children are included in the table.
Parents in the Labor Force (Children under 18), 2000
Switzerland Co.
Indiana
U.S.
Living with 2 parents
77% 
74%
72%
Both parents in labor force
45% 
48%
43%
Father only in labor force
24% 
22%
Mother only in labor force
5%  2% 3%
Living with 1 parent
23% 
26%
28%
Living with father
7%  6%
In Labor Force 5%
Living with mother
16% 
20%
15% 
16%
Table 6.29: Parents in the Work Force, 2000 (U.S. Census 2000, SF3 Indiana)