Table 4.
Child Emotional/Psychological Abuse Disparity Ratios, 2018
| Racial/ Ethnic Group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Black | Latinx | Native North American | Asian | Pacific Islander | Multiracial |
| AK | 1.73 | 0.55 | 5.18 | 0.49 | 2.60 | 2.20 |
| AL | 0.77 | 0.63 | 1.09 | 0.23 | - | 0.64 |
| AR | 0.99 | 0.54 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.88 | 2.03 |
| AZ | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.62 | 0.76 | 2.71 | 0.94 |
| CA | 5.25 | 0.39 | 1.34 | 0.82 | 2.09 | 0.72 |
| CO | 1.40 | 1.01 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 2.01 | 0.78 |
| CT | 1.75 | 1.46 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.74 | 1.67 |
| DE | 1.64 | 0.86 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.88 | 0.34 |
| FL | 1.19 | 0.86 | 0.23 | 0.35 | - | 0.88 |
| GA | 1.25 | 0.54 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.42 | 1.02 |
| HI | 1.48 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 1.07 | 0.59 |
| IA | 2.21 | 0.76 | 1.43 | 0.35 | 0.84 | 0.76 |
| IL | 1.27 | 0.81 | 0.30 | 0.52 | - | 0.45 |
| KS | 1.73 | 0.79 | 0.59 | 0.37 | 0.51 | 1.25 |
| KY | 0.80 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.57 | 0.97 |
| LA | 0.65 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.65 | - | 0.30 |
| MD | 1.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| ME | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.80 | 0.40 | - | 1.52 |
| MI | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.32 | 0.24 | - | 1.50 |
| MN | 1.07 | 0.97 | 3.05 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 2.14 |
| MO | 1.21 | 1.06 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 1.55 | 0.34 |
| MS | 0.92 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.27 | - | 0.69 |
| MT | 4.03 | 0.95 | 1.08 | 0.86 | - | 1.21 |
| NC | 0.81 | 0.52 | 0.79 | 0.26 | 2.50 | 0.93 |
| ND | 1.99 | 1.13 | 1.89 | 0.35 | - | 1.91 |
| NE | 3.17 | 1.31 | 1.17 | 0.28 | 2.67 | 1.50 |
| NH | 1.43 | 1.28 | 0.72 | 0.27 | - | 0.88 |
| NJ | 0.89 | 1.07 | 0.00 | 0.50 | - | 0.17 |
| NM | 1.31 | 1.18 | 0.70 | 0.12 | 0.98 | 0.67 |
| NV | 0.64 | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 1.20 | 0.36 |
| NY | 1.25 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.58 | - | 0.91 |
| OH | 1.97 | 1.27 | 0.23 | 0.09 | - | 2.04 |
| OK | 1.75 | 1.15 | 0.80 | 0.23 | 0.77 | 3.96 |
| OR | 1.95 | 0.56 | 0.93 | 0.39 | 0.75 | 0.68 |
| PA | 0.96 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 0.46 | - | 1.96 |
| RI | 1.65 | 1.30 | 0.34 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 1.83 |
| SC | 0.76 | 0.45 | 0.28 | 0.11 | 1.28 | 0.37 |
| SD | 2.74 | 0.81 | 1.99 | 0.28 | - | 4.61 |
| Racial/ Ethnic Group | ||||||
| State | Black | Latinx | Native North American | Asian | Pacific Islander | Multiracial |
| TN | 1.17 | 0.66 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.81 | 0.70 |
| TX | 1.20 | 0.79 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 1.25 | 1.08 |
| UT | 1.89 | 1.30 | 1.09 | 0.47 | 1.67 | 0.69 |
| VA | 0.95 | 0.87 | 0.13 | 0.27 | - | 0.72 |
| VT | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.00 |
| WI | 1.78 | 0.90 | 4.19 | 0.37 | 2.79 | 0.88 |
| WV | 0.92 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.04 | - | 1.35 |
| WY | 1.54 | 0.90 | 0.50 | 0.00 | - | 0.25 |
Note. Cells with dashes indicate that the racial/ethnic group comprises fewer than 0.04% of the state’s population under the age of 19, and thus, did not meet the study’s threshold.