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. 2012 Nov;130(5):861–869. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-1330

TABLE 3.

Percentage of Children Using any MH Service at 18 mo as a Function of Child/Family Characteristics

1.5–2 y % >2–5 y % 6–10 y % 11–15 y 16+ y
Total 3.2 20.6 36.7 39.6 34.4
Gender **
 Male 3.2 24.3 44.0 40.1 32.6
 Female 3.2 16.4 27.2 39.4 35.7
Race/Ethnicity * **
 Black 3.8 12.5 32.2 43.2 39.4
 White 5.4 30.0 50.2 43.1 32.9
 Hispanic 0.6 15.9 21.6 32.1 23.4
 Other 0.0 14.4 25.9 41.5 66.3
Insurance type
 Federal 3.7 19.5 40.7 44.2 29.3
 State 0.0 17.9 24.4 17.8 35.5
 Private/Other 0.0 36.7 33.2 31.0 50.4
 No insurance 0.0 16.5 23.2 30.9 44.5
Current placement *** *** ** *
 Home, no child welfare services 2.4 19.3 33.3 33.6 24.6
 Home, with child welfare services 0.8 17.7 36.6 42.8 35.4
 Nonrelative foster care 21.1 45.7 78.9 93.3 64.2
 Relative foster care 6.6 31.0 48.1 47.1 43.6
 Group home/Residential treatment 60.6 100 94.5 88.7
 Other Out of Home Placement 0.0 0.0 5.0 91.1 51.3
Primary maltreatment *
 Physical abuse 0.9 22.1 49.6 42.6 47.3
 Sexual abuse 0.0 18.3 56.1 35.1 57.7
 Physical neglect/Failure to provide 12.2 13.6 23.2 31.9 85.8
 Supervision neglect 2.2 24.9 33.3 37.7 19.3
 Other 4.1 17.8 30.7 43.4 26.5
Any prior reports of maltreatment *
 Yes 5.4 24.8 38.3 44.6 37.4
 No 1.8 15.7 35.1 33.7 23.8
Family risk score *** *
 0–1 0.7 12.6 32.2 27.1 19.1
 2–3 9.6 24.3 39.0 40.6 25.9
 4+ 3.6 26.3 44.3 57.6 52.0
Chronic condition ** **
 Yes 4.1 38.9 53.6 44.9 31.6
 No 3.1 17.0 31.1 37.4 36.4
Vineland Daily Living Skills ** **
 Severe/Moderate 4.5 27.9 59.0 46.7 28.8
 Normal 1.9 14.7 29.3 35.9 40.2
Vineland Socialization *** **
 Severe/Moderate 2.3 24.2 50.3 46.7 31.9
 Normal 3.4 19.4 24.7 24.0 47.7
CBCL baseline ** *** *** *
 Total ≥64 2.0 43.2 64.2 67.1 58.1
 Total <64 3.5 16.5 26.8 25.3 26.9
*

P < .05; ** P < .01; *** P < .001.