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Child Maltreatment 2000
Table 4-3 Percentage of Victims by Type of Perpetrator, 2000 (DCDC, Child File)

The word bold before a number indicates an estimate or a total.

Relationship to Victim	Number	Percent1
Female Parent Acting Alone	167,847	40.0
Male Parent Acting Alone	69,832	16.6
Both Parents	78,485	18.7
Female Parent and Other	26,790	6.4
Male Parent and Other	8,273	2.0
Other Relative(s)	19,896	4.7
Child Day Care Provider(s)	4,318	1.0
Foster Parent(s)	3,052	0.7
Residential Facility Staff	914	0.2
Other	27,777	6.6
Unknown	12,321	2.9
Total	bold419,505	bold99.8

Based on data from 28 States: Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming. Percentages are based on duplicated counts of 419,505 victims. A perpetrator is counted for each report and each child with whom he or she is associated.

¹Does not equal 100 percent due to rounding. Back

This table just lists 11 perpetrator relationships to the victim and the number of perpetrators associated with each relationship. The last column gives a percentage of the number associated with the given relationship to the total number of perpetrators. The relationships are as follows: female parent acting alone, male parent acting alone, both parents, female parent and other, male parent and other, other relative(s), child day care provider(s), foster parent(s), residential facility staff, other and unknown. This data is based on data from 28 States.

 

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