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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Maltreat. 2021 Mar 17;26(3):267–281. doi: 10.1177/10775595211001926

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.