Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4): Report to Congress

Peer-Reviewed Study · Sedlak et al.; HHS/ACF/OPRE · 2010

The federal government's national study of child abuse and neglect. Children in low-income families had far higher measured rates of neglect, including a neglect rate more than seven times that of other children.

16.1 versus 2.2 per 1,000

Executive summary

The federal government's national study of child abuse and neglect. Children in low-income families had far higher measured rates of neglect, including a neglect rate more than seven times that of other children.

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