Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS–4)

Table 4–8. Differences Related to Child’s School Enrollment in Incidence Rates per 1,000Children for Endangerment Standard Maltreatment in the NIS–4 (2005–2006)Endangerment StandardMaltreatment CategorySchool-AgedChildren NotEnrolled inSchoolSchool-AgedChildrenEnrolled inSchoolSignificance ofDifferenceALL MALTREATMENTABUSE:Sexual AbuseNEGLECT:37.8 30.2 m2.9 1.8 *All Neglect 30.9 23.2 mPhysical Neglect 19.3 11.4 *Emotional Neglect 16.9 11.5 mEducational Neglect †SEVERITY OF HARM:3.1 5.7 mModerate 8.2 14.8 *Inferred 4.4 1.9 mEndangered 18.6 7.8 ** The difference is significant at pp>.05).† Educational neglect is identical under the Harm and Endangerment Standards. It is included in bothtables because it is in the summary categories in both standards: Neglect and All Maltreatment.Differences related to the child’s enrollment status also emerged in rates ofEndangerment Standard neglect. The incidence rate of neglect for non-enrolled childrenwas 30.9 per 1,000, which is 1.3 times the rate of 23.2 per 1,000 enrolled children.Categories of Endangerment Standard AbuseSexual abuse. Endangerment Standard sexual abuse is the onlyEndangerment Standard abuse category where incidence rates differ significantly inrelation to the child’s enrollment status, closely paralleling the Harm Standard result inthis category. Children not enrolled in school were significantly more likely to be4-39