Table 1.
Latent Childhood Maltreatment Classesa
| Characteristic | No/Low maltreatment (n=7,849) | Supervisory neglect dominant (n=3,178) | Physical abuse dominant (n=1,551) | High abuse and neglect (n=784) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class prevalence (row %) | ||||
| Females | 59.8 | 23.1 | 12.5 | 4.6 |
| Males | 57.9 | 24.6 | 10.5 | 7.0 |
| Class probabilities of maltreatment types (column %) | ||||
| Supervisory neglect | 0.0 | 100 | 53.6 | 97.0 |
| Physical neglect | 2.0 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 100 |
| Physical abuse | 10.2 | 23.9 | 94.9 | 96.8 |
| Sexual abuse | 1.5 | 1.2 | 23.0 | 48.3 |
| Emotional neglect | 11.2 | 12.2 | 91.1 | 33.9 |
| Average number of maltreatment types | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
a
National Longitudinal Study for Adolescent and Adult Health (n=13,362). Latent class analysis of five dichotomous maltreatment types. Four-class solution selected over three- and five-class solutions (Appendix Table 3) on the basis on Bayes Information Criteria (BIC) =54087.422 and Entropy =0.690.