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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table 6-8     Factors Related to Receipt of Postinvestigation Services and Foster Care, 2002

Factor Categories	Odds Ratios1 Predicting Services (N=414,497)	Odds Ratios1 Predicting Foster Care (N=414,497)
Prior Victim
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	1.81 *	1.96 *
Type of Maltreatment
Physical Abuse Only	1.00	1.00
Neglect Only2	1.04 *	1.04 *
Sexual Abuse Only	0.79 *	0.64 *
Other Abuse	1.40 *	1.07 *
Multiple Maltreatment Types	1.81 *	2.18 *
Child Age
0-3 years	1.00	1.00
4-7 years	0.74 *	0.64 *
8-11 years	0.74 *	0.63 *
12-15 years	0.78 *	0.74 *
16-21 years	0.74 *	0.78 *
Child Race/Ethnicity
White only	1.00	1.00
American Indian or Alaska Native Only	1.11 *	1.20 *
Asian Pacific Islander Only	1.04 *	0.86 *
African-American Only	1.27 *	1.51 *
Hispanic	1.42 *	1.35 *
Other or Multiple Race3	1.60 *	1.60 *
Unable to Determine or Missing3	0.53 *	0.51 *
Report Source
Social and Mental Health Services	1.00	1.00
Medical personnel	1.15 *	0.99
Legal Personnel or Law Enforcement	0.74 *	0.88 *
Education personnel	0.81 *	0.57 *
Child Daycare or Foster Care Providers	1.12 *	1.00
Other or Unknown	0.81 *	0.67 *
Perpetrator Relationship
Mother Only	1.00	1.00
Father Only	0.53 *	0.44 *
Both Parents	1.05 *	1.06 *
Mother and Other	1.01	0.96
Father and Other	0.76 *	0.85 *
Nonparental Perpetrator	0.47 *	0.61 *
Perpetrator Relationship Unknown	0.74 *	0.76 *

* p < 0.01

Data source: Child File.

¹ Logistic regression models associate the contribution of the categories within a factor to the outcome of interest (in this case victimization). Odds ratios indicate the likelihood, relative to the reference group, of the outcome occurring. Odds ratios greater than 1.00 indicate an increased likelihood of occurrence (e.g. victims of prior abuse or neglect were 1.81 times more likely than children with no history of prior abuse or neglect to receive post investigation services); odds ratios less than 1.00 indicate a decreased likelihood of recurrence (e.g. victims who were age 16 or older were 26 percent less likely than children age birth to 3 to receive postinvestigation services).

² Neglect includes medical neglect.

³ Does not include Hispanic.

This table lists various factors and relates their correlation to later services and foster care. The factor categories are listed in the first column, the odds ratios predicting services is in the second column, and the odds ratios predicting foster care are in the third.

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