Table 1.

Rates of Child Maltreatment Cases^{1 2} By Demographic, Structural And Social Process Characteristics

Characteristic		Neglect Rate	Physical Abuse Rate	Child Sexual Abuse Rate	Substance- Exposed Infants Rate
Total Sample		6.51	1.47	0.82	1.31
Age Group	Birth to 4	10.07	1.60	0.42	4.43
5 to 9		7.06	1.67	1.03	0.03
10 to 14		4.60	1.44	1.07	0.03
15 to 18		2.23	0.90	0.73	0.05
Sex	Females	6.55	1.40	1.35	1.29
Males		6.47	1.53	0.30	1.32
Structural Characteristics of Neighborhood
% Neighborhood receiving TANF (Range 0 % −3.98%)
Quartile 1 (wealthiest - lowest %)		6.20	0.73	0.69	2.93
Quartile 2		10.07	0.73	0.76	3.36
Quartile 3		23.75	1.83	1.07	10.80
Quartile 4		42.20	2.79	2.15	19.54
% Neighborhood < poverty line (Range 0% − 0.92 %)
Quartile 1 (wealthiest - lowest %)		7.83	0.76	0.80	3.60
Quartile 2		11.73	1.30	0.83	6.69
Quartile 3		23.66	1.37	1.10	8.53
Quartile 4		39.02	2.65	1.93	17.84
% Change in Hispanic Population (Range 0% − 5076.18%)
Quartile 1 (lowest %)		40.21	2.47	2.01	19.17
Quartile 2		18.55	1.65	1.21	9.53
Quartile 3		11.74	1.07	0.71	4.36
Quartile 4		12.06	0.90	0.76	3.76
Counts of Robberies in Neighborhood (Range 0.39 – 86.91)
Quartile 1 (lowest %)		7.46	0.65	0.53	2.83
Quartile 2		19.55	1.72	1.11	9.34
Quartile 3		26.76	1.55	1.37	10.97
Quartile 4		28.49	2.15	1.66	13.50
Counts of Homicides in Neighborhood (Range 0 to 5.73)
Quartile 1 (lowest %)		5.88	0.53	0.61	2.67
Quartile 2		17.33	1.97	0.99	8.01
Quartile 3		31.97	1.67	1.34	12.61
Neighborhood Social Processes	Quartile 4	27.79	1.91	1.75	13.60
Collective Efficacy (Range −2.64 to 3.11)
Quartile 1 (lowest)		35.50	2.29	1.69	14.46
Quartile 2		26.79	1.88	1.41	11.20
Quartile 3		13.02	0.98	0.73	7.24
Quartile 4		7.10	0.94	0.85	3.82
Intergenerational Closure (Range −3.09–4.06)
Quartile 1 (lowest)		25.56	1.84	1.16	9.36
Quartile 2		26.55	1.53	1.12	10.46
Quartile 3		18.03	1.18	1.32	9.84
Quartile 4		12.26	1.53	1.07	7.05
Physical and Social Disorder (Range −2.05 to 2.38)
Quartile 1 (lowest)		8.20	0.96	0.88	4.07
Quartile 2		12.19	0.58	0.95	6.67
Quartile 3		24.53	1.87	1.26	9.77
Quartile 4		37.32	2.66	1.58	16.15
Neighborhood Network Size (Range −2.30 to 4.36)
Quartile 1 (smallest)		26.84	2.29	1.53	10.07
Quartile 2		16.16	1.42	0.96	7.97
Quartile 3		21.54	0.96	1.45	10.28
Quartile 4		17.75	1.41	0.74	8.35

¹Cases per 1,000 children

²Aggregated across the years 1995 through 2005, in Chicago, IL (n=343 neighborhood clusters)