Explaining Black-White Disparity in Maltreatment: Poverty, Female-Headed Families, and Urbanization
The purpose of the current study was to assess a structural level explanation of racial disparity in child maltreatment. Using data from Florida counties (1998-2001) and the 2000 census, the effects of poverty, concentrated poverty, and female-headed families in poverty on Black, White, and the diff...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of Marriage and Family. - National Council on Family Relations, 1964. - 67(2005), 3, Seite 543-551 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2005
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of Marriage and Family |
| Schlagworte: | Abuse Neglect Neighborhood Poverty Race Victimization Behavioral sciences Economics Law Political science |
| Zusammenfassung: | The purpose of the current study was to assess a structural level explanation of racial disparity in child maltreatment. Using data from Florida counties (1998-2001) and the 2000 census, the effects of poverty, concentrated poverty, and female-headed families in poverty on Black, White, and the difference between Black-White rates of child maltreatment were assessed (N = 67). Results suggested that the structural covariates of maltreatment vary by race and that differences in female-headed families in poverty can explain some, but not all, of the Black-White racial disparity in child maltreatment. Increasing programs that focus on reducing poverty among female-headed Black families and the exposure of Black families to concentrated poverty should decrease some of the overrepresentation of Black children in the child welfare system. |
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| ISSN: | 17413737 |