The number of reported cases of child neglect in the United States increased as a result of the spike in unemployment following the financial crisis of 2007-08, according to a new study from Oxford University in England.
In fact, the researchers found a 20 percent increase in cases of reported neglect for every one percentage point increase in unemployment. The findings suggest that unemployment can lead to an increase in child neglect because parents have more limited access to the resources required to provide for a child’s basic needs, such as food, clothing, and healthcare.
Using nearly a decade’s worth of data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), produced by the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN), the researchers looked at every reported incident of child abuse and neglect made to the state Child Protective Services for nearly every county in the U.S. from 2004 to 2012.
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