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Child Maltreatment 2002
Table C-1     Combined Aggregate File Data Element List

General Information

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

Data in the Combined Aggregate File are based on the State?s submission of the SDC or the Child File and 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 2002.

Referrals and Investigations

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
8	Referrals Screened In by CPS	rptscrn
9	Referrals Screened Out	rptscout
10	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 (Report Count)

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

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

Source of Referrals Screened In (Report-Child Pair Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
28	Social Services	rsocrc
29	Social Services and Mental Health Personnel	rsocmhrc
30	Medical Personnel	rmedrc
31	Mental Health Personnel	rmhprc
32	Legal, Law Enforcement, or Criminal Justice Personnel	rlegrc
33	Education Personnel	redurc
34	Child Day Care Provider(s)	rccprc
35	Foster Care Provider(s)	rsubrc
36	Child Day Care and Foster Care Provider(s)	rccsubrc
37	Alleged Victim(s)	rvicrc
38	Parent(s)	rparrc
39	Other Relative(s)	rrelrc
40	Friends or Neighbor(s)	rfrirc
41	Alleged Perpetrator(s)	rperprc
42	Anonymous	ranorc
43	Other	rothrc
44	Unknown	runkrc

Counts from the Child File are based on counting each child every time a report is filed for that child. Information on only one report source for that child is collected.

Investigations or Assessments (Report Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
45	Average Response Time to Investigation (Hours)	resptime
46	Reports with Substantiated Dispositions	invsubr
47	Reports with Indicated Dispositions	invindr
48	Reports with Alternative Response Victim Dispositions	invarvr
49	Reports with Alternative Response Nonvictim Disposition	inarnvr
50	Reports with Unsubstantiated Dispositions	invunr
51	Reports with Intentionally False Dispositions	invfalr
52	Reports Closed With No Finding	invnor
53	Reports with Other Dispositions	invothr
54	Reports with Unknown Dispositions	invunkr

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

Investigations or Assessments (Report-Child Pair Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
55	Reports with Substantiated Dispositions	invsubrc
56	Reports with Indicated Dispositions	invindrc
57	Reports with Alternative Response Victim Dispositions	invarvrc
58	Reports with Alternative Response Nonvictim Disposition	inarnvrc
59	Reports with Unsubstantiated Dispositions	invunrc
60	Reports with Intentionally False Dispositions	invfalrc
61	Reports Closed With No Finding	invnorc
62	Reports with Other Dispositions	invothrc
63	Reports with Unknown Dispositions	invunkrc

Counts from the Child File are based on counting each child, every time a report is filed for that child.

Workers

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
64	Estimated Number of CPS Workers	worknum
65	Estimated Number of Workers Who Conduct Only Screening or Intake	blank cell

Children by Disposition (Report-Child Pair Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
66	Children with Substantiated Dispositions	chsubrc
67	Children with Indicated Dispositions	chindrc
68	Children with Alternative Response Victim Dispositions	charvrc
69	Children with Alternative Response Nonvictim Dispositions	charnvrc
70	Children with Unsubstantiated Dispositions	chunrc
71	Children with Intentionally False Dispositions	chfalsrc
72	Children whose Investigations Were Closed With No Finding	chnorc
73	Children with Other Dispositions	chothrc
74	Children with Unknown Dispositions	chunkrc
75	Total Child Victims	vicrc
76	Total Unique Count of Child Victims	vicc
77	Total Nonvictims	nonvicrc

Counts from 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 Child File. Total child victims and total nonvictims are based on report-child pairs.

Child Victims by Type of Maltreatment (Report-Child Pair Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
78	Victims of Physical Abuse	vphyrc
79	Victims of Neglect	vnegrc
80	Victims of Medical Neglect	vmedrc
81	Victims of Sex Abuse	vsexrc
82	Victims of Psychological or Emotional Abuse	vpsyrc
83	Victims of Other	vothrc
84	Victims of Unknown Maltreatment	vunkrc

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

Child Victims by Type of Maltreatment (Child Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
85	Victims of Physical Abuse (unduplicated)	vphyc
86	Victims of Neglect (unduplicated)	vnegc
87	Victims of Medical Neglect (unduplicated)	vmedc
88	Victims of Sexual Abuse (unduplicated)	vsexc
89	Victims of Psychological or Emotional Abuse or Neglect (unduplicated)	vpsyc
90	Victims of Other Abuse (unduplicated)	vothc
91	Victims of Unknown Maltreatment (unduplicated)	vunkc

Unduplicated counts were computed for States that submitted 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 2002.

Victims by Sex (Report-Child Pair Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
blank cell	Males	vsexmrc
93	Females	vsexfrc
94	Sex Unknown	vsexunrc

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

Victims by Sex (Child Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
95	Males (unduplicated)	vsexmc
96	Females (unduplicated)	vsexfc
97	Sex Unknown (unduplicated)	vsexunc

Counts from the Child File are based on counting each child only once.

Victims by Age (Report-Child Pair Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
98	Less than 1 year	vlt1rc
99	1 year	v1rc
100	2 years	v2rc
101	3 years	v3rc
102	4 years	v4rc
103	5 years	v5rc
104	6 years	v6rc
105	7 years	v7rc
106	8 years	v8rc
107	9 years	v9rc
108	10 years	v10rc
109	11 years	v11rc
110	12 years	v12rc
111	13 years	v13rc
112	14 years	v14rc
113	15 years	v15rc
114	16 years	v16rc
115	17 years	v17rc
116	18-21 years	v18_21rc
117	Unknown Age	vageunrc

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

Victims by Age (Child Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
118	Less than 1 year (unduplicated)	vlt1c
119	1 year (unduplicated)	v1c
120	2 years (unduplicated)	v2c
121	3 years (unduplicated)	v3c
122	4 years (unduplicated)	v4c
123	5 years (unduplicated)	v5c
124	6 years (unduplicated)	v6c
125	7 years (unduplicated)	v7c
126	8 years (unduplicated)	v8c
127	9 years (unduplicated)	v9c
128	10 years (unduplicated)	v10c
129	11 years (unduplicated)	v11c
130	12 years (unduplicated)	v12c
131	13 years (unduplicated)	v13c
132	14 years (unduplicated)	v14c
133	15 years (unduplicated)	v15c
134	16 years (unduplicated)	v16c
135	17 years (unduplicated)	v17c
136	18-21 years (unduplicated)	v18_21c
137	Unknown Age (unduplicated)	vageunc

Counts from the Child File are based on counting each child only once.

Victims by Race/Ethnicity (Report-Child Pair Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
138	Black, African-American	vraarc
139	American Indian or Alaska Native	vraianrc
140	Asian-Pacific Islander	vraspirc
141	White	vrwhrc
142	Multiple Race	vrmultrc
143	Other, Unknown, Unable to Determine	vrunudrc
144	Hispanic	vhisprc

To integrate ethnicity and racial data across the different collection tools and to maximize comparability of data, some adjustments were made. Data from the Child File were adjusted so that children of Hispanic ethnicity were counted only as Hispanic ethnicity. Based on data from the Child File, children of multiple racial backgrounds, but who are not Hispanic, were 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. "Other race," unknown, and unable to determine were collapsed because of definitional variation by State and by type of submission. The race category of other, unknown, and unable to determine includes additional races reported by the SDC only. 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 and ethnicity, reported through the SDC, may be more than 100 percent due to this unavoidable duplication.

Victims by Race/Ethnicity (Child Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
145	Black, African-American (unduplicated)	vraarc
146	American Indian or Alaska Native (unduplicated)	vraianc
147	Asian-Pacific Islander (unduplicated)	vraspic
148	White (unduplicated)	vrwhc
149	Multiple Race (unduplicated)	vrmultc
150	Other, Unknown, Unable to Determine (unduplicated)	vrunudc
151	Hispanic (unduplicated)	vhispc

To integrate ethnicity and racial data across the different collection tools and to maximize comparability of data, some adjustments were made. Data from the Child File were adjusted so that children of Hispanic ethnicity were counted only as Hispanic ethnicity. Based on data from the Child File, children of multiple racial backgrounds, but who are not Hispanic, were counted as multiple race. Counts by racial group, including multiple race, may be undercounts of children who are of a specific race. Each child is counted only once. Data reported in the SDC are not included in these data elements because the SDC does not provide counts of unique children. 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 were collapsed because of definitional variation 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 and ethnicity, reported through the SDC, may be more than 100 percent due to this unavoidable duplication.

Child Fatalities (Child Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
152	Fatalities Reported in the Agency File	fatalag
153	Fatalities Reported in the Child File	fatalch
154	Fatalities Reported in the SDC	fatalsdc
155	Total Fatalities	fataltot
156	Fatalities in Foster Care in the Agency File	fatfcag
157	Fatalities in Foster Care in the Child File	fatfcch
158	Fatalities in Foster Care in the SDC	fatfcsdc
159	Total Fatalities in Foster Care	fatfctot
160	Fatalities Whose Families Received Family Preservation Within Last 5 Years	fatalfps
161	Fatalities Who had Been Reunified Within the last 5 years	fatalfr
162	Fatalities Whose Families Had Received Family Preservation Services within the last 5 Years, Reported in the Child File	ftlfpscf
163	Fatalities Who Had Been Reunited with Their Families in the Last 5 Years, Reported in the Child File	ftlcrucf

Most fatalities reported in the Agency File are those deaths not identified through the State's child welfare information system and therefore are not reported through the 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 Child File.

Children by Source of Preventive Services Funding

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
164	Child Abuse and Neglect State Grant	psstgtc
165	Community-Based Family Resource and Support Grant	pscospc
166	Promoting Safe & Stable Families Program	pstlivbc
167	Social Services Block Grant	pstlxxc
168	Other Sources	psotherc

A child may have been counted under multiple 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
169	Child Abuse and Neglect State Grant	psstgtf
170	Community-Based Family Resource and Support Grant	pscospf
171	Promoting Safe & Stable Families Program	pstlivbf
172	Social Services Block Grant	pstlxxf
173	Other Sources	psotherf

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

Postinvestigation Services

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
174	Average Hours (converted from days) From Start of Investigation to Postinvestigation Services Calculated from the Child File	srtimdcd
175	Average Hours from Start of Investigation to Provision of Services Reported in the SDC	srtimsdc
176	Children with Substantiated Dispositions Who Received Additional Services or Postinvestigation Services	sersubrc
177	Children with Indicated Dispositions Who Received Additional Services or Postinvestigation Services	serindrc
178	Children with Alternative Response Victim Dispositions Who Received Additional Services or Postinvestigation Services	serarvrc
179	Children with Alternative Response Nonvictim Dispositions Who Received Additional Services or Postinvestigation Services	srarnvrc
180	Children with Unsubstantiated Dispositions Who Received Additional Services or Postinvestigation Services	serunrc
181	Children with Intentionally False Dispositions Who Received Additional Services or Postinvestigation Services	serfalrc
182	Children whose Investigations Were Closed With No Finding Who Received Additional Services or Postinvestigation Services	sernorc
183	Children with Other Dispositions Who Received Additional Services or Postinvestigation Services	serothrc
184	Children with Unknown Dispositions Who Received Additional Services or Postinvestigation Services	serunkrc

Data from 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 (Report-Child Pair Count)

Field	Data Element Long Name	Short Name
185	Children with Substantiated Dispositions	remsubrc
186	Children with Indicated Disposition	remindrc
187	Children with Alternative Response Victim Dispositions	remarvrc
188	Children with Alternative Response Nonvictim Dispositions	rmarnvrc
189	Children with Unsubstantiated Dispositions	remunrc
190	Children with Intentionally False Dispositions	remfalrc
191	Children Whose Investigations Were Closed With No Finding	remnorc
192	Children with Other Dispositions	remothrc
193	Children with Unknown Dispositions	remunkrc

Data from 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
194	Victims Whose Families Received Family Preservation Services within the Past 5 Years	fp5yrs
195	Victims Who Had Been Reunified within the Past 5 Years	freun5yr
196	Victims Subject of a Juvenile Court Action or Petition	vjuvptrc
197	Victims Who Received a Court-Appointed Representative	vcrtrprc
198	Average Number of Times the Court Appointed Representative Met with the Child Out-of-Court	contcars

To provide State-level statistics, case-level data were aggregated on key variables for those States that submitted the Child File. The aggregated numbers from the Child File, the Agency file, and the SDC were combined into one data file-the Combined Aggregate File (CAF). Creating this new file enabled the three 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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