The within poverty differences in the occurrence of physical neglect

Meghan E. Shanahan, Desmond K. Runyan, Sandra L. Martin and Jonathan B. Kotch

Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, vol. 75, issue C, 1-6

Abstract: This secondary data analysis examined the risk and protective factor(s) associated with physical neglect within a sample of impoverished children. We conducted a multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine the associations among maternal age, child gender, caregiver depression, caregiver history of maltreatment, income-to-needs ratio, number of children in the home, marital status, neighborhood quality, and physical neglect. Social support was explored as a potential moderator. Among this impoverished sample, children whose caregivers had depression were 2.03 times as likely to experience physical neglect as children whose caregivers were not depressed (95% CI 1.25, 3.30; p=0.004). Children whose caregivers reported experiencing child maltreatment were 1.81 times as likely to experience physical neglect as children whose caregivers did not experience maltreatment as a child (95% CI 1.17, 2.81; p=0.008). Children who live in higher quality neighborhoods were 0.74 times as likely to experience physical neglect as children who live in lower quality neighborhoods (95% CI 0.57, 0.96; p=0.03). No other significant relationships were found.

Keywords: Physical neglect; Poverty; Risk factors; Protective factors; Neighborhood quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.014

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