Testing for seasonality in Canadian child welfare investigations

Margot Shields, Lil Tonmyr, Yves Morin, Wendy Hovdestad, Nicole Adams, Tonino Esposito, Laurie Jervis, Scott MacIsaac, Cheuk Pang, Michael Peterson, Diane Thompson, Martin Chabot and Nico Trocmé

Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, vol. 122, issue C

Abstract: The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) derives annual estimates of child maltreatment (CM) based on cases of CM reported to child welfare agencies in the fourth quarter (October, November, December) of the year the CIS is conducted. The present study investigates seasonal patterns of CM investigations and examines potential biases in CIS estimates that result from annual estimates based on quarter 4 (Q4) data.

Keywords: Bias; Child abuse and neglect; Child emotional maltreatment; Child neglect; Child physical abuse; Child protection; Seasonal patterns; Child sexual abuse; M7 statistic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105878

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