Table 1.

Frequency of abuse subtypes reported to the NCEA call center and results of chi-square tests of independence comparing frequencies of abuse subtypes between Time 1 and Time 2

	Time 1		Time 2		Chi-square results
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent		p-value
Financial Abuse	364	45.79%	226	41.09%	2.911	p = 0.088
Physical Abuse	51	6.42%	79	14.36%	23.524	p < 0.001
Sexual Abuse	7	0.88%	8	1.45%	0.971	p = 0.324
Emotional Abuse	230	28.93%	197	35.82%	7.117	p = 0.008
Neglect	176	22.14%	117	21.27%	0.143	p = 0.705
Unspecified	142	17.86%	102	18.55%	0.184	p = 0.668
Mention of COVID-19	-	-	59	10.73%	-	-

Note: Time 1 represents abuse calls made between March 16, 2018 to March 15, 2019. Time 2 represents abuse calls made between March 16, 2020, to March 15, 2021. Sum of percentages may exceed 100% due to the fact that some calls alleged more than one subtype of abuse