Table 2.
Child Age and Family Structure by Noted Economic Hardship in Maltreatment-Related Investigations in Ontario in 2018.
| Household Ran Out of Money |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No |
Yes |
Total |
X2 | ||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Child Age | 32.101*** | ||||||
| Under 1 year | 7,134 | 84 % | 1,354 | 16 % | 8,488 | 100 % | |
| 1 to 3 years old | 20,404 | 91 % | 1,906 | 9 % | 22,310 | 100 % | |
| 4 to 7 years old | 37,198 | 91 % | 3,461 | 9 % | 40,659 | 100 % | |
| 8 to 12 years old | 37,137 | 92 % | 3,316 | 8 % | 40,453 | 100 % | |
| 12–15 years old | 31,799 | 93 % | 2,523 | 7 % | 34,322 | 100 % | |
| 16–17 years old | 8,665 | 92 % | 752 | 8 % | 9,417 | 100 % | |
| Family Structure | 44.971*** | ||||||
| Lone caregiver | 51,385 | 89 % | 6,588 | 11 % | 57,973 | 100 % | |
| Two caregivers | 90,920 | 93 % | 6,724 | 7 % | 97,644 | 100 % | |
Based on an unweighted sample of n = 7,462 investigations. Percentages are column percentages.
***
p > 0.001.