Table 2.

Multiple Logistic Regression: Factors Related to Caseworker Assessments of Risk and Susequent Reports of Maltreatment

	Assessed as high likelihood of maltreatment recurrence				Subsequent report of maltreatment after the index report				Subsequent report of maltreatment among those assessed as at low risk
	Physical Abuse		Neglect		Physical Abuse		Neglect		Physical Abuse		Neglect
	OR	SE	OR	SE	OR	SE	OR	SE	OR	SE	OR	SE
Child's gender	0.66	0.25	1.27	0.45	1.02	0.43	1.04	0.33	1.18	0.73	0.89	0.34
Child's age	0.96	0.05	1.03	0.04	0.99	0.06	0.99	0.03	1.01	0.08	0.96	0.04
Parent's race/ethnicity
Black	1.01	0.52	0.53	0.17	0.79	0.49	1.26	0.41	1.13	0.91	1.15	0.44
Hispanic	0.91	0.42	1.47	0.96	1.68	0.91	2.07	0.94	1.15	0.87	1.96	1.06
Other	0.21	0.14*	1.33	0.62	1.88	1.52	2.36	1.41	2.57	2.46	1.99	1.26
Parent's age
35-44	0.97	0.46	0.60	0.22	1.50	0.82	0.72	0.27	1.33	1.17	0.81	0.39
45+	0.49	0.50	0.33	0.19	2.07	1.74	0.44	0.24	1.77	1.69	0.44	0.32
Parent married	2.29	0.95*	1.48	0.54	0.74	0.35	0.93	0.34	0.65	0.40	0.84	0.34
Poverty	0.53	0.21	1.21	0.38	1.23	0.62	0.95	0.30	1.59	1.22	1.06	0.37
Number in household	0.86	0.10	0.96	0.09	1.13	0.12	0.92	0.08	1.16	0.19	0.94	0.10
Parent risk factors
History of abuse	1.23	0.57	1.59	0.59	3.36	1.55**	1.17	0.41	2.60	2.11	1.06	0.47
Drug or alcohol abuse	2.04	1.30	3.67	1.32**	1.13	0.66	0.75	0.26	1.29	1.31	0.70	0.30
Mental health problems	6.10	4.84*	1.02	0.43	0.79	0.45	1.45	0.72	0.88	1.08	1.86	1.10
Poor parenting	4.02	1.83**	7.29	2.35**	0.69	0.34	0.79	0.29	1.10	0.85	0.48	0.24
Domestic violence	1.61	0.74	1.38	0.50	1.22	0.84	0.63	0.23	0.57	0.73	0.33	0.18*
High family stress	5.07	2.28**	1.85	0.62	1.23	0.56	1.12	0.37	1.03	0.66	1.40	0.51
Low social support	1.27	0.57	3.10	0.91**	1.20	0.54	1.93	0.60*	0.60	0.50	2.44	0.95*
Prior report of maltreatment	3.73	1.30**	7.30	2.31**	2.44	1.07*	2.56	0.79**	3.49	1.99*	1.90	0.67

^*p≤.05

^**p≤.01