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Direct linkSchuck, Amie M. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2005
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…
Descriptors: Race, African American Children, Poverty, Counties
