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Child Maltreatment 2000
Table B-2 Combined Aggregate File Data Element List

General Information

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
1	FIPS Code	fips
2	State Abbreviation	stateabb
3	State Name	state
4	Submission Year	year
5	Data Submission Type	datasrc
6	Child Population (based on census)	chpop

Data in the Combined Aggregate File are based on the State's submission of the SDC,or the DCDC, or the Child File; and the Agency File. Case-level data from States that submitted both the DCDC and the SDC are from the DCDC. For these States, data from the SDC were used to supplement their case-level data to address items reported through the Agency File. For most items, data from the SDC are duplicated counts, comparable to the "report-child pair." Some State exceptions are noted in the commentary section in Child Maltreatment 2000.

Referrals and Investigations

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
7	Referrals Screened In by CPS	rptscrn
8	Referrals Screened Out	rptscout
9	Total Number of Investigations (Based on Number with Disposition)	invtotal

Screened-in and screened-out referrals are based on counts of reports.

Source of Referrals Screened In (Reports)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
10	Social Services and Mental Health Personnel	rsocmhr
11	Medical Personnel	rmedr
12	Legal, Law Enforcement, or Criminal Justice Personnel	rlegr
13	Education Personnel	redur
14	Child Day Care and Substitute Care Provider(s)	rccsubr
15	Alleged Victim(s)	rvicr
16	Parent(s)	rparr
17	Other Relative(s)	rrelr
18	Friends or Neighbor(s)	rfrir
19	Alleged Perpetrator(s)	rperpr
20	Anonymous	ranor
21	Other	rothr
22	Unknown	runkr

Counts from the DCDC or the Child File are based on counting each report only once, regardless of how many children are associated with a report. Information on only one report source per report is collected.

Investigations or Assessments

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
23	Average Response Time to Investigation (Hours)	resptime
24	Reports with Substantiated Dispositions	invsubr
25	Reports with Indicated Dispositions	invindr
26	Reports with Alternative Response-Victim Dispositions	invarvr
27	Reports with Alternative Response-Nonvictim Disposition	inarnvr
28	Reports with Unsubstantiated Dispositions	invunr
29	Reports with Intentionally False Dispositions	invfalr
30	Reports Closed With No Finding	invnor
31	Reports with Other Dispositions	invothr
32	Reports with Unknown Dispositions	invunkr

Counts from the DCDC or the Child File are based on counting each report only once, regardless of how many children are associated with a report.

Workers

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
33	Estimated Number of CPS Workers	worknum
34	Estimated Number of Workers Who Conduct Only Screening or Intake	numsi

Children by Disposition

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
35	Children with Substantiated Dispositions	chsubrc
36	Children with Indicated Dispositions	chindrc
37	Children with Alternative Response-Victim Dispositions	charvrc
38	Children with Alternative Response-Nonvictim Dispositions	charnvrc
39	Children with Unsubstantiated Dispositions	chunrc
40	Children with Intentionally False Dispositions	chfalsrc
41	Children whose Investigations Were Closed With No Finding	chnorc
42	Children with Other Dispositions	chothrc
43	Children with Unknown Dispositions	chunkrc
44	Total Child Victims	vicrc
45	Total Unique Count of Child Victims	vicc
46	Total Nonvictims	nonvicrc

Counts from the DCDC or the Child File are based on "report-child pairs." A child is counted each time he or she is subject of a report that is investigated or assessed. Report dispositional data were used for children for whom there was incomplete data, if the report disposition was "Unsubstantiated." Children for whom there was incomplete data and the report disposition was not "Unsubstantiated" were counted as "Unknown Disposition." The total fields are based on data from the DCDC or the Child File. "Total Child Victims" and "Total Nonvictims" are based on "report-child pairs."

Child Victims by Type of Maltreatment

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
47	Victims of Physical Abuse	vphyrc
48	Victims of Neglect	vnegrc
49	Victims of Medical Neglect	vmedrc
50	Victims of Sex Abuse	vsexrc
51	Victims of Psychological or Emotional Abuse	vpsyrc
52	Victims of Other	vothrc
53	Victims of Unknown Maltreatment	vunkrc

Counts from the DCDC or Child File are based on "report-child pairs." A child is counted for each maltreatment that is associated with a substantiated, indicated, or alternate response-victim disposition. A child may be the victim of more than one type of maltreatment.

Child Victims by Type of Maltreatment(continued)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
54	Victims of Physical Abuse (unduplicated)	vphyc
55	Victims of Neglect (unduplicated)	vnegc
56	Victims of Medical Neglect (unduplicated)	vmedc
57	Victims of Sexual Abuse (unduplicated)	vsexc
58	Victims of Psychological or Emotional Abuse or Neglect (unduplicated)	vpsyc
59	Victims of Other Abuse (unduplicated)	vothc
60	Victims of Unknown Maltreatment (unduplicated)	vunkc

Unduplicated counts were computed for States that submitted DCDC or Child File data. Numbers are based on counting each child only once per maltreatment type. A child who was the victim of two different types of maltreatment is counted under each type of maltreatment. These counts were not used in Child Maltreatment 2000.

Victims by Sex

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
61	Males	vsexmrc
62	Females	vsexfrc
63	Sex Unknown	vsexunrc

Counts from the DCDC or Child File are based on "report-child pairs."

Victims by Age

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
64	Less than 1 year	vlt1rc
65	1 year	v1rc
66	2 years	v2rc
67	3 years	v3rc
68	4 years	v4rc
69	5 years	v5rc
70	6 years	v6rc
71	7 years	v7rc
72	8 years	v8rc
73	9 years	v9rc
74	10 years	v10rc
75	11 years	v11rc
76	12 years	v12rc
77	13 years	v13rc
78	14 years	v14rc
79	15 years	v15rc
80	16 years	v16rc
81	17 years	v17rc
82	18-21 years	v18_21rc
83	Unknown Age	vageunrc

Counts from the DCDC or the Child File are based on "report-child pairs."

Victims by Race/Ethnicity

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
84	Black, African American	vraarc
85	American Indian or Alaska Native	vraianrc
86	Asian-Pacific Islander	vraspirc
87	White	vrwhrc
88	Multiple Race	vrmultrc
89	Other, Unknown, Unable to Determine	vrunudrc
90	Hispanic	vhisprc

In order to integrate ethnicity and racial data across the different collection tools and to maximize comparability of data, some adjustments were made. Data from the DCDC and the Child File were adjusted so that children of Hispanic ethnicity are counted only as Hispanic ethnicity. Furthermore, based on data from the DCDC or the Child File, children of multiple racial backgrounds, but who are not Hispanic, have been counted as "Multiple Race." Counts by racial group, including multiple race, may be undercounts of children who are of a specific race. Data from the SDC were adjusted in that counts of Hispanic children were used to reduce the counts of children of "Unknown Race," "Other Race," or "Unable to Determine Race," where this was appropriate. "Other," "Unknown," and "Unable to Determine" have been collapsed because of the different meaning of each term by State and by type of submission. Data from the SDC may include children of multiple race or of Hispanic ethnicity in each of the race categories or under "unknown race." The sum of percentages of children by race/ethnicity, reported through the SDC, may be more than 100 percent due to this unavoidable duplication.

Child Fatalities

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
91	Fatalities Reported in the Agency File	fatalag
92	Fatalities Reported in the DCDC or Child File	fatalch
93	Fatalities Reported in the SDC	fatalsdc
94	Total Fatalities	fataltot
95	Fatalities in Foster Care in the Agency File	fatfcag
96	Fatalities in Foster Care in the DCDC or Child File	fatfcch
97	Fatalities in Foster Care in the SDC	fatfcsdc
98	Total Fatalities in Foster Care	fatfctot
99	Fatalities Whose Families Received Family Preservation Within Last 5 Years	fatalfps
100	Fatalities Who had Been Reunified Within the last 5 years	fatalfr

Fatalities reported in the Agency File include those deaths not identified through the State's child welfare information system and reported through the DCDC or Child File. Fatalities in foster care include children who died as a result of maltreatment while in foster care (including foster homes, group homes, emergency shelters, residential care and institutions) and attributed to the foster care provider. The perpetrator relationship fields were used in the DCDC and Child File.

Children by Source of Preventive Services Funding

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
101	Child Abuse and Neglect State Grant	psstgtc
102	Community-Based Family Resource and Support Grant	pscospc
103	Promoting Safe & Stable Families Program	pstlivbc
104	Social Services Block Grant	pstlxxc
105	Other Sources	psotherc
106	Total Children Receiving Preventive Services	pstotc

A child may have been counted under different funding sources and more than once under a specific funding source.

Families by Source of Preventive Services Funding

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
107	Child Abuse and Neglect State Grant	psstgtf
108	Community-Based Family Resource and Support Grant	pscospf
109	Promoting Safe & Stable Families Program	pstlivbf
110	Social Services Block Grant	pstlxxf
111	Other Sources	psotherf
112	Total Families Receiving Preventive Services	pstotf

A family may have been counted under different funding sources and more than once under a specific funding source.

Postinvestigation Services

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
113	Average Hours (converted from days) From Start of Investigation to Postinvestigation Services Calculated from the DCDC or Child File	srtimdcd
114	Average Hours from Start of Investigation to Provision of Services Reported in the SDC	srtimsdc
115	Children with Substantiated Dispositions Who Received Additional Services/Postinvestigation Services	sersubrc
116	Children with Indicated Dispositions Who Received Additional Services/Postinvestigation Services	serindrc
117	Children with Alternative Response-Victim Dispositions Who Received Additional Services/Postinvestigation Services	serarvrc
118	Children with Alternative Response-Nonvictim Dispositions Who Received Additional Services/Postinvestigation Services	srarnvrc
119	Children with Unsubstantiated Dispositions Who Received Additional Services/Postinvestigation Services	serunrc
120	Children with Intentionally False Dispositions Who Received Additional Services/Postinvestigation Services	serfalrc
121	Children whose Investigations Were Closed With No Finding Who Received Additional Services/Postinvestigation Services	sernorc
122	Children with Other Dispositions Who Received Additional Services/Postinvestigation Services	serothrc
123	Children with Substantiated Dispositions Who Received Additional Services/Postinvestigation Services	serunkrc

Data from the DCDC and the Child File are counted in terms of "report-child pairs." Service counts may be undercounts if the State is unable to track specific types of services.

Children Removed from Their Home by Disposition

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
124	Children with Substantiated Dispositions	remsubrc
125	Children with Indicated Disposition	remindrc
126	Children with Alternative Response-Victim Dispositions	remarvrc
127	Children with Alternative Response-Nonvictim Dispositions	rmarnvrc
128	Children with Unsubstantiated Dispositions	remunrc
129	Children with Intentionally False Dispositions	remfalrc
130	Children Whose Investigations Were Closed With No Finding	remnorc
131	Children with Other Dispositions	remothrc
132	Children with Unknown Dispositions	remunkrc

Data from the DCDC and the Child File are counted in terms of "report-child pairs." Removals within 90 days of the disposition date are counted.

Additional Service Information

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
133	Victims Whose Families Received Family Preservation Services within the Past 5 Years	fp5yrs
134	Victims Who Had Been Reunified within the Past 5 Years	freun5yr
135	Victims Subject of a Juvenile Court Action or Petition	vjuvptrc
136	Victims Who Received a Court-Appointed Representative	vcrtrprc
137	Average Number of Times the Court Appointed Representative Met with the Child Out-of-Court	contcars

In order to provide State-level statistics, case-level data were aggregated on key variables for those States that submitted either the Child File or the DCDC. The aggregated numbers from the Child File, the Agency file, the DCDC, and the SDC were combined into one data file-the Combined Aggregate File (CAF). Creating this new file enabled the four data sources to be merged into one file that would provide State-level data for all the States. Three columns are listed in this table, the first indicates the field position of the data element, the second column indicates the name of the data element, and the third column indicates the abbreviated name of the data element. The data elements are grouped by subject (i.e. referrals, investigations, victims by sex, etc.) with technical notes listed beneath each subject, if necessary.

 

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