Table 2.
Types of child abuse reporters, 2019 and 2020
| No. | 2019 |
2020 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandatory reporter of child abuse | Nonmandatory reporter of child abuse | Mandatory reporter of child abuse | Nonmandatory reporter of child abuse | |
| 1 | Primary/middle/high school employees (5,901, 15.4%) | Employers 0f Child Protection Service as nonmandatory reporters (12,389, 32.3%) | Primary/middle/high school employees (3,805, 9.8%) | Employers of child protection service as nonmandatory reporters (10,254, 26.3%) |
| 2 | Nursing staffs at schools (448, 1.2%) | Parents (6,506, 17%) | Employers of child protection service as mandatory reporters (2,394, 6.1%) | Parents (6284, 16.1%) |
| 3 | Employers of child welfare institution (337, 0.9%) | Child self (4652, 12.4%) | Public officers in the field of child welfare (984, 2.5%) | Child self (5533, 14.2%) |
| 4 | Healthcare provider/medical professionals (293, 0.8%) | Neighbors/friends (1,718, 4.5%) | Employers in institutions for child welfare (711, 1.8%) | Neighbors/friends (1,945, 5.0%) |
| 5 | Employers in institutions for adolescents’ welfare (286, 0.7%) | Others (986, 2.6%) | Public officers in the field of social welfare (632, 1.6%) | Others (1,127, 2.9%) |
| 6 | Employers in institutions for social welfare (226, 0.7%) | Public officers in the field of social welfare (959, 2.5%) | Healthcare provider/medical professionals (363, 0.9%) | Child’s relatives (653, 1.7%) |
This table shows the first top 6 ranking of types of child abuse reporters who are mandatory and nonmandatory reporters, respectively, in 2 consecutive years.
Data from Child Abuse & Neglect Korea, 2019 and 2020. Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea.