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 | |||||||||||
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| 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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