Table 1.

Harms to Children by Maltreatment Type and Relation to Child (n =764).

	n	Weighted %
Any alcohol-related harm to child	61	7.4
Child yelled at	41	5.1
Child witnessed violence	21	2.2
Family services called	9	1.5
Child left unsupervised	12	1.2
Child physically hurt	7	<1%
Not enough money for child’s needs	6	<1%
Relationship of drinker to harmed child (n=51)a
Parent	25	49.1
Another relative	10	22.0
Sibling	5	4.7
Step-parent or spouse/partner of parent	2	3.5
Family friend	2	6.7
Child’s guardian	1	2.8
Someone else	6	11.1
Severity of harm (range 1–10)	Mean	SD
Any type of harm, over all caregivers	3.5	3.0
By relationship of drinker to harmed child
Parent/Step parent/Guardian	5.3	2.9
Sibling/another relative/family friend/someone else	3.0	2.7
By type of harmb
Not enough money for child’s needs	7.4	4.4
Child left unsupervised	5.6	3.1
Family services called	4.9	3.1
Child witness violence	4.8	3.6
Child yelled at	3.8	3.1
Child physically hurt	3.6	3.5

^aRelationship to drinker to harmed child missing for 10 cases

^bWeighted mean severity rating for the specific harm to child/children