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Padgitt, Steven; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1981
Analyzes data from 4,313 Wisconsin Central Registry of Child Abuse reports (1973-1978) to determine that initial social worker investigations of child abuse contain weak predictors on the probability of a subsequent incident and that the prediction may be different in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan environments. (Author/LC)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Data Analysis, Demography, Longitudinal Studies
Download full textPadgitt, Steven; Gibbs, Leonard – 1980
Since the phenomenon of reabuse is postulated as being more probable after initial child abuse than is the probability of an initial abuse and since only modest inquiry has been directed at this phenomenon, research was conducted to answer two questions: Is there patterning to reabuse? And if so, is this different in metro and nonmetro…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Child Abuse, Comparative Analysis
Kaplan, Tom – 1994
This report on the well being of the children of Wisconsin is motivated in part by growing evidence of the adverse circumstances of many children today. The report is descriptive, rather than analytic, and does not attempt to explain relations among variables. Section 1, the introduction, is followed by county-based information in section 2 on a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Kaplan, Tom; And Others – 1997
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Wisconsin's children, focusing specifically on child health. The book provides a baseline on child health at the point of elimination of the Aid to Families with Dependent children program and the adoption of Wisconsin Works (W-2) program. The statistical portrait is based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Jacobson, Bob; Grigsby, Tamara; Roberts, Brandon; Wehrly, Mark – 2000
This WisKids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Wisconsin's children, revisiting indicators that have been followed since 1991. The statistical portrait is based on ten general areas: (1) county demographics; (2) county labor market; (3) housing; (4) maternal and child health; (5) early childhood program participation;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Corbett, Tom; Boehnen, Elisabeth; White, Cynthia – 1999
This WisKids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Wisconsin's children, revisiting indicators that have been followed since the inception of the WisKids Count series. The statistical portrait is based on nine general areas: (1) county demographics; (2) county labor market; (3) family formation; (4) child health/family…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
