%0 Journal Article
%T The within poverty differences in the occurrence of physical neglect
%J Children and youth services review
%D 2017
%A Shanahan, Meghan E.
%A Runyan, Desmond K.
%A Martin, Sandra L.
%A Kotch, Jonathan B.
%V 75
%N 
%P 1-6
%X This secondary data analysis examined the risk and protective factor(s) associated with physical neglect within a sample of impoverished children. We conducted a multivariate logistic regression analysis to examine the associations among maternal age, child gender, caregiver depression, caregiver history of maltreatment, income-to-needs ratio, number of children in the home, marital status, neighborhood quality, and physical neglect. Social support was explored as a potential moderator. Among this impoverished sample, children whose caregivers had depression were 2.03 times as likely to experience physical neglect as children whose caregivers were not depressed (95% CI 1.25, 3.30; p = 0.004). Children whose caregivers reported experiencing child maltreatment were 1.81 times as likely to experience physical neglect as children whose caregivers did not experience maltreatment as a child (95% CI 1.17, 2.81; p = 0.008). Children who live in higher quality neighborhoods were 0.74 times as likely to experience physical neglect as children who live in lower quality neighborhoods (95% CI 0.57, 0.96; p = 0.03). No other significant relationships were found.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0190-7409
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.014