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The power of the future: Intergenerational income mobility and child maltreatment in the United States
Child Abuse & Neglect ( IF 4.863 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-13 , DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105175
Lindsey Rose Bullinger 1 , Kerri M Raissian 2 , William Schneider 3
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Background

Recent research has shown that the likelihood of children experiencing intergenerational, upward income mobility depends on the community in which they are raised. Whether parents consider their children's economic chances in their parenting decisions, however, is not well understood.

Objective

To examine the relationship between county-level income mobility–distinct from income inequality and poverty–and child maltreatment.

Participants and setting

Administrative data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System: Child File for 2406 counties were merged with measures of intergenerational income mobility from Chetty et al. (2014a), including the probability that a child born in the bottom quintile of the national income distribution reaches the top quintile by age thirty.

Methods

Weighted least squares analyses were used to empirically estimate the relationship between intergenerational income mobility and child maltreatment report rates. Maltreatment reports were also divided into subgroups by age and metropolitan status.

Results

Counties where children have a greater chance of moving up the income ladder have lower child maltreatment report rates, independent from income inequality and poverty rates. This relationship is consistent across all child ages (0–17). The relationship between upward income mobility and substantiated child maltreatment is also negatively correlated among non-metropolitan counties.

Conclusions

Children experience a lower risk for maltreatment if they are more likely to move up the income ladder in adulthood. Macroeconomic factors and policies that reduce income inequality and enhance economic mobility are likely to prevent child maltreatment.



中文翻译:

未来的力量:美国的代际收入流动和虐待儿童

背景

最近的研究表明,儿童经历代际向上收入流动的可能性取决于他们长大的社区。然而,父母在育儿决定中是否考虑孩子的经济机会尚不清楚。

客观的

研究县级收入流动性(区别于收入不平等和贫困)与虐待儿童之间的关系。

参与者和设置

来自国家虐待和忽视儿童数据系统的行政数据:2406 个县的儿童档案与 Chetty 等人的代际收入流动性指标合并。(2014a),包括出生在国民收入分配最低五分之一的孩子到 30 岁达到最高五分之一的概率。

方法

加权最小二乘分析用于经验估计代际收入流动性与虐待儿童报告率之间的关系。虐待报告还按年龄和大都市地位划分为亚组。

结果

儿童更有可能提升收入阶梯的县的儿童虐待报告率较低,与收入不平等和贫困率无关。这种关系在所有儿童年龄(0-17 岁)中都是一致的。在非大都市县之间,收入向上流动与被证实虐待儿童之间的关系也呈负相关。

结论

如果儿童在成年后更有可能提升收入阶梯,他们遭受虐待的风险就会降低。减少收入不平等和增强经济流动性的宏观经济因素和政策可能会防止虐待儿童。

更新日期:2021-07-13
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