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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 21.
Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2008 Aug 7;31(3):309–316. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.08.004

Table 3. Reported White children in detail.

Percentage of White children in poverty in tract

00–05% 05–15% 15–25% 25–40% 40%+
Full White sample: All Whites (not broken down by racial homogeneity)
Number of tracts in strata 383 411 285 130 44
Number of children in strata 356,778 410,263 248,396 95,799 10,388
Report rate/1000 children/year 13.5 26 36.1 46 85.2
 % Mandated reps. 53.3% 48.3% 46.9% 45.4% 46.4%
 % Neglect only 46.0% 51.9% 53.9% 55.2% 55.0%
Majority White: White children in tracts where Whites outnumber Blacks by at least 2:1
Number of tracts in strata 295 373 250 107 11
Number of children in strata 334,317 393,365 236,384 87,978 5768
Report rate/1000 children/year 12.7 25.5 35.2 44.4 84.1
 % Mandated reps. 53.6% 48.4% 47.0% 45.6% 43.8%
 % Neglect only 46.2% 51.9% 54.1% 54.9% 52.3%
Homogeneous: White children in tracts where neither race outnumbers the other by 2:1
Number of tracts in strata 42 30 30 16 15
Number of children in strata 18,885 15,310 11,580 6964 3495
Report rate/1000 children/year 19.5 35.7 53.7 57.5 79
 % Mandated reps. 50.0% 48.4% 44.1% 44.0% 49.9%
 % Neglect only 44.4% 51.2% 52.2% 55.7% 52.0%
Minority White: White children in tracts where Blacks outnumber Whites by at least 2:1
Number of tracts in strata 46 8 5 7 18
Number of children in strata 3576 1588 432 857 1125
Report rate/1000 children/year 59.8 48.9 60.9 113.9 110.5
 % Mandated reps. 52.3% 46.4% 72.2% 45.4% 48.8%
 % Neglect only 46.0% 56.2% 24.1% 62.5% 58.2%