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The epidemiology of child abuse: Findings from the Second National Incidence and Prevalence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect

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  • Cappelleri, J.C.
  • Eckenrode, J.
  • Powers, J.L.

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The epidemiology of child abuse was investigated with data from the Second National Incidence and Prevalence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect. A statistical comparison of incidence rates suggested that age, family income, and ethnicity were risk factors for both sexual abuse and physical abuse, but county metrostatus was not. Gender was a risk factor for sexual abuse but not for physical abuse. A logistic regression analysis showed that ethnicity, county metrostatus, and a gender-by-income interaction distinguished sexual abuse from physical abuse.

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  • Cappelleri, J.C. & Eckenrode, J. & Powers, J.L., 1993. "The epidemiology of child abuse: Findings from the Second National Incidence and Prevalence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 83(11), pages 1622-1624.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1993:83:11:1622-1624_3
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    1. Dettlaff, Alan J. & Rivaux, Stephanie L. & Baumann, Donald J. & Fluke, John D. & Rycraft, Joan R. & James, Joyce, 2011. "Disentangling substantiation: The influence of race, income, and risk on the substantiation decision in child welfare," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(9), pages 1630-1637, September.
    2. Jack E. Riggs & Gerald R. Hobbs, 2014. "The Relationship between “Protection of” and “Violence Against” Infants and Young Children: The U.S. Experience, 1940–2005," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 3(3), pages 1-10, August.
    3. Sinha, Vandna & Ellenbogen, Stephen & Trocmé, Nico, 2013. "Substantiating neglect of first nations and non-aboriginal children," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(12), pages 2080-2090.
    4. Leung, Patrick & Curtis Jr., Russell L. & Mapp, Susan C., 2010. "Incidences of sexual contacts of children: Impacts of family characteristics and family structure from a national sample," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(5), pages 650-656, May.

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