TABLE 2.
Matrix of Bivariate Statistics of Co-occurrence of Child Maltreatment Proxy Variables and Maternal Risk Factors: Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study, 2001–2004
| Psychological Aggression (Mean Score = 25) | Physical Aggression (Mean Score = 17) | Spanking |
Neglect |
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| None (45% of Respondents) | 1–2 Times (28% of Respondents) | > 2 Times (27% of Respondents) | None (88% of Respondents) | 1–3 Times (6% of Respondents) | > 3 Times (5% of Respondents) | Parenting Stress (Mean Score = 12) | Major Depression (20% of Respondents) | Considered Abortion | |||
| Child maltreatment | |||||||||||
| Psychological Aggression | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Physical aggression, ρa | 0.642 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Spanking, mean score | |||||||||||
| None | 18.8 | 8.4 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| 1–2 times | 26.5 | 17.3 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| > 2 times | 35.0 | 31.0 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Neglect, mean score or % | |||||||||||
| None | 24.4 | 16.3 | 46% | 28% | 26% | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| 1–3 times | 29.7 | 20.4 | 34% | 33% | 33% | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| > 3 times | 35.8 | 24.6 | 36% | 26% | 38% | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Maternal risk factors | |||||||||||
| Parenting stress, ρa or ORb (95% CI) | 0.265 | 0.201 | 1.04 (1.03, 1.05) | 1.13 (1.11, 1.15) | … | … | … | ||||
| Major Depression, mean score or % | |||||||||||
| No | 23.8 | 15.7 | 48% | 28% | 24% | 92% | 4% | 4% | 11.1 | … | … |
| Yes | 31.5 | 22.1 | 36% | 27% | 37% | 81% | 11% | 8% | 16.3 | … | … |
| Considered abortion, mean score or % | |||||||||||
| No | 23.7 | 15.6 | 47% | 28% | 25% | 91% | 5% | 4% | 11.5 | 17% | … |
| Yes | 29.7 | 20.6 | 40% | 29% | 31% | 86% | 7% | 8% | 14.1 | 26% | … |
Note. All bivariate associations were statistically significant at P < .001, except neglect and spanking at P < .01 and considered abortion and spanking at P < .01. The t test was used when comparing major depression and considered abortion to psychological aggression, physical aggression, and parental stress. The χ2 test was used for all other associations, except where noted. All variables had 1% or less missing data.
a
Obtained with the Spearman rank correlation.
b
Obtained with ordinal logistic regression.