Table 3.

Multivariate Logistic Regression Models Predicting Mental Health Service Use Across One Decade for Children Investigated by Child Welfare

	Step 1 (No Interactions)			Step 2 (Decade/Race Interaction Added)			Step 3 (Decade/CBCL Interaction Added)
	OR	95%CI		OR	95%CI		OR	95%CI
Child’s Age	***			***			***
0–5	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
6–10	2.72***	2.17	3.41	2.72***	2.17	3.41	2.71***	2.16	3.39
11–14	3.47***	2.63	4.57	3.49***	2.66	4.58	3.46***	2.63	4.56
Child Race	***						***
Black/Non-Hispanic	0.53***	0.39	0.71	0.61*	0.40	0.95	0.52***	0.39	0.71
White/Non-Hispanic	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Hispanic	0.53***	0.39	0.72	0.76	0.46	1.24	0.53***	0.39	0.72
Other	0.56*	0.35	0.90	0.60	0.32	1.13	0.56*	0.35	0.91
CBCLa
>=64	4.75***	3.69	6.13	4.77***	3.69	6.15	3.83***	2.64	5.57
<64	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Placement
In Home	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Out of Home	2.05***	1.52	2.78	2.10***	1.55	2.84	2.07***	1.53	2.80
Decade
NSCAW I	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
NSCAW II	0.89	0.69	1.15	1.12	0.83	1.53	0.77	0.58	1.04
Decade × Black				0.71	0.39	1.30
Decade × Hispanic				0.51*	0.27	0.99
Decade × Other				0.85	0.39	1.86
Decade × CBCL							1.64*	1.02	2.63

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01,

^***P<0.001

^aCBCL= Child Behavior CheckList