Family Resources, Public Policy, and Child Maltreatment

描述(由申请人提供)：这项研究包括三组与虐待和忽视儿童有关的分析第一组分析将使用经济状况、公共政策和儿童忽视研究的数据来估计家庭资源和母亲就业对儿童受到虐待和忽视的可能性的影响程度。虐待儿童和忽视儿童的情况将在多个领域进行衡量。这项分析特别涉及低收入状况和父母就业对各种形式的虐待儿童行为的影响程度。第二项分析将估计随着时间的推移，家庭资源、家庭结构和公共政策的变化对虐待儿童和儿童生活安排的影响。儿童固定效应模型将被用来估计各种形式的虐待和忽视之间的关系。数据将来自全国青年纵向调查。第三项分析将考虑国家福利政策、州儿童抚养费政策、州虐待儿童政策以及州离婚法对虐待伴侣和虐待儿童的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The research includes three sets of analyses related to child abuse and neglect The first analysis will use data from the Economic Status, Public Policy, and Child Neglect Study to estimate the extent to which family resources and maternal employment affect the likelihood that children are being abused and neglect ed. Child abuse and neglect will be measured across a variety of domains. In particular, this analysis is concerned with the extent to which low-income status and parental employment affect various forms of Child maltreatment. The second analysis will estimate the effects of changes in family resources, family structures, and public policies on child maltreatment and children's living arrangements over time. Child fixed effects models will be used to estimate relationships between various forms of abuse and neglect. Data will be drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The third analysis will consider the effects of state welfare policies, state child support policies, state child maltreatment policies, and state divorce laws on partner abuse and child abuse.