Child Maltreatment 2003 : Table 6-9 Factors Related to Receipt of Postinvestigation Services and Foster Care, 2003

Factor Categories	Odds Ratios Predicting Services (N=323,999)	Odds Ratios Predicting Foster Care (N=323,999)
Prior Victim
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	1.52 ^*	1.76 ^*
Child Disability
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	1.89 ^*	2.04 ^*
Type of Maltreatment
Physical Abuse Only	1.00	1.00
Neglect Only²	1.11 ^*	1.25 ^*
Sexual Abuse Only	0.83 ^*	0.62 ^*
Other Abuse	0.86 ^*	0.73 ^*
Multiple Maltreatment Types	1.73 ^*	2.13 ^*
Child Age
0-3 years	1.00	1.00
4-7 years	0.76 ^*	0.66 ^*
8-11 years	0.75 ^*	0.65 ^*
12-15 years	0.75 ^*	0.78 ^*
16-21 years	0.68 ^*	0.83 ^*
Child Race/Ethnicity
White only	1.00	1.00
American Indian or Alaska Native Only	1.38 ^*	1.29 ^*
Asian Pacific Islander Only	0.92 ^*	0.94 ^*
African-American Only	1.23 ^*	1.36 ^*
Hispanic	1.23 ^*	1.08 ^*
Other or Multiple Race³	1.51 ^*	1.77 ^*
Unable to Determine or Missing³	0.38 ^*	0.42 ^*
Report Source
Social and Mental Health Services	1.00	1.00
Medical personnel	1.14 ^*	0.91
Legal Personnel or Law Enforcement	0.69 ^*	0.68 ^*
Education personnel	0.76 ^*	0.49 ^*
Child Daycare or Foster Care Providers	1.12 ^*	0.83
Other or Unknown	0.78 ^*	0.62 ^*
Perpetrator Relationship
Mother Only	1.00	1.00
Father Only	0.55 ^*	0.51 ^*
Both Parents	1.24 ^*	1.16 ^*
Mother and Other	1.08 ^*	1.17 ^*
Father and Other	0.81 ^*	0.94
Nonparental Perpetrator	0.39 ^*	0.64 ^*
Perpetrator Relationship Unknown	0.53 ^*	0.70 ^*

* p < 0.01
Data Source: Child File.
Based on data from 22 States.