Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect on Adult Economic Well-Being
By Janet Currie, C. Widom. Child Maltreatment, 2010
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Child abuse and neglect represent major threats to child health and well-being; however, little is known about consequences for adult economic outcomes. Using a prospective cohort design, court substantiated cases of childhood physical and sexual abuse and neglect during 1967—1971 were matched with nonabused and nonneglected children and followed into adulthood (mean age 41). Outcome measures of economic status and productivity were assessed in 2003—2004 (N = 807). Results indicate that adults with documented histories of childhood abuse and/or neglect have lower levels of education, employment, earnings, and fewer assets as adults, compared to matched control children. There is a 14% gap between individuals with histories of abuse/neglect and controls in the probability of employment in middle age, controlling for background characteristics. Maltreatment appears to affect men and women differently, with larger effects for women than men. These new findings demonstrate that abused and neglected children experience large and enduring economic consequences.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions
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In General Health Professions
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- Derek S. Brown
- D. Fergusson
- Xiangming Fang
- L. Horwood
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- G. McLeod
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Citations in the corpus
- Suffering in silence: How COVID-19 school closures inhibit the reporting of child maltreatment (2020, background): “Child maltreatment presents significant costs to society; adults who experienced maltreatment as children have lower levels of education, lower earnings, and are more likely to engage in crime (Currie and Tekin, 2012; Currie and Widom, 2010).”
- The Economic Burden of Child Maltreatment in the United States And Implications for Prevention (2012, positive): “, Currie & Widom , 2010 ; Widom & Maxfield , 2001 ) , whereas others used CPS inves - tigations ( e . g .”
- Childhood sexual abuse and adult developmental outcomes: findings from a 30-year longitudinal study in New Zealand. (2013, positive): “…et al., 2004; Roberts, et al., 2004), physical health problems (Anda, Tietjen, Schulman, Felittei, & Croft, 2010; Irish, Kobayashi, & Delahanty, 2010; Najman, Nguyen, & Boyle, 2007) and educational underachievement (Boden, Horwood, & Fergusson, 2007; Currie & Spatz Widom, 2010; Noll et al., 2010).”
- Economic Determinants and Consequences of Child Maltreatment (2011, positive): “A more recent study examines longer-term economic outcomes for this sample (Currie & Widom, 2010).”