title: The epidemiology of child abuse: findings from the Second National Incidence and Prevalence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect.
abstract: The epidemiology of child abuse was investigated with data from the Second National Incidence and Prevalence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect. A statistical comparison of incidence rates suggested that age, family income, and ethnicity were risk factors for both sexual abuse and physical abuse, but county metrostatus was not. Gender was a risk factor for sexual abuse but not for physical abuse. A logistic regression analysis showed that ethnicity, county metrostatus, and a gender-by-income interaction distinguished sexual abuse from physical abuse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cappelleri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eckenrode
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Powers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007182:Income; D007223:Infant; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population