*Data Available*: 2007 NCANDS Child File

["Andres Arroyo" <aa17@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at
Cornell University is pleased to announce the release of these
data:

Title: National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child
File, Federal Fiscal Year 2007
Dataset Number: 145
Investigator: Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services 

Dataset description page and ordering link (There is no charge to
access these data.) The description page includes a link to the NCANDS
dataset Users Guide (codebook) PDF:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_NCANDS_Child_File.html

Dataset Abstract: The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System (NCANDS) Child File dataset consists of child-specific data of all
investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service
agencies. The NCANDS is a federally-sponsored national data collection
effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child
maltreatment reporting each year within the United States. The Child File
is the case-level component of the NCANDS. There is also an NCANDS
State-level component, known as the Agency File, but those data are not
part of this collection. Child File data are collected annually through
the voluntary participation of States. Participating States submit their
data after going through a process in which the State's administrative
system is mapped to the NCANDS data structure. Submitted data consist of
all investigations or assessments of alleged child maltreatment that
received a disposition in the reporting year. Records are provided at the
level of each child on a report, also known as the report-child pair.
Data elements include the demographics of children and their
perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment
dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the
investigation or assessment. 

Dataset description page and ordering link. There is no charge to
access these data. The description page includes a link to the NCANDS
dataset Users Guide (codebook) PDF:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_NCANDS_Child_File.html
 

Sincerely,
 Andres Arroyo, Archiving Assistant
 National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) 
 Beebe Hall -FLDC, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853 
 tel. 607-255-7799 | fax 607-255-8562 |

www.ndacan.cornell.edu