. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 7.

Published in final edited form as: Child Fam Soc Work. 2016 Feb 18;22(1):492–502. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12268

Table 5.

Detailed incident characteristics of neglect by the number of different types of maltreatment

	No or one type of maltreatment		Two to three different types of maltreatment		Four different types of maltreatment		Sig. Test

	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Identity of perpetrator
Bio parent	43	(93.5)	139	(96.5)	22	(95.7)	χ² = .7
Other parental figure	4	(8.7)	19	(13.4)	4	(17.4)	χ² = .6
Other Neglect subtypes^**	5	(10.9)	26	(18.3)	6	(26.1)	χ² = .3
Care neglect	19	(44.2)	76	(54.3)	10	(47.6)	χ² = .5
Environmental neglect	26	(60.5)	89	(63.0)	11	(52.4)	χ² = .6
Medical neglect	1	(2.3)	33	(23.6)	2	(9.5)	χ² = 11.3^**
Educational neglect	6	(14.0)	54	(38.6)	3	(14.3)	χ² = 12.4^**
Supervisory neglect	26	(60.5)	97	(69.3)	16	(76.2)	χ² = .4
No. of different subtypes	m = 1.8	sd = 1.1	m = 2.5	sd = 1.2	m = 2.0	sd = 1.3	F = 5.9^**
Age of onset	m = 8.0	sd = 3.4	m = 7.9	sd = 2.4	m = 7.9	sd = 2.4	F = .1
Frequency of neglect report	m = 1.6	sd = 1.2	m = 2.7	sd = 1.8	m = 2.1	sd = 1.1	F = 9.2^***

Note.

p < .05;

^**

p < .01;

^***

p < .001

^**

Subtypes of neglect include care neglect, environmental neglect, medical neglect, educational neglect and supervisory neglect.