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Table 5-3 Perpetrators by Relationship to Victims and Types of Maltreatment, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003

Maltreatment Type Parent Other Relative Foster Parent Residential Facility Staff Child Daycare Provider Unmarried Partner or Parent Legal Guardian Other Professionals Friends or Neighbors Other Unknown or Missing Total Number of Perpetrators Total Percent
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Physical Abuse only 60,565 11.6 4,577 10.4 524 16.9 239 19.0 679 12.9 4,617 16.6 165 14.0 241 23.9 54 3.4 2,960 10.3 2,606 9.9 77,227 11.2
Neglect Only 341,167 62.0 16,509 37.5 1,552 50.0 581 46.3 2,544 48.4 10,579 37.9 655 55.7 313 31.1 153 9.7 7,990 27.8 11,339 43.1 393,382 57.0
Sexual Abuse only 14,850 2.7 13,159 29.9 197 6.3 144 11.5 1,209 23.0 3,201 11.5 49 4.2 270 26.8 1,192 75.9 11,503 40.0 3,801 14.4 49,575 7.2
Physchological Maltreatment Only, Other Only, or Unknown Only 49,835 9.1 2,568 5.8 226 7.3 106 8.4 130 2.5 4,029 14.4 69 5.9 73 7.2 42 2.7 1,921 6.7 1,985 7.5 60,984 8.8
Multiple Maltreatment Types 83,598 15.2 7,197 16.4 608 19.6 185 14.7 689 13.1 5,462 19.6 238 20.2 110 10.9 130 8.3 4,350 15.1 6,604 25.1 109,171 15.8
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Data Source: Child File.
Based on data from 38 States.


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