Dataset Available: National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Combined Aggregate File, 2003

[Andres Arroyo <aa17@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Archive is pleased to announce the availability of NDACAN Dataset #115: 
"National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Combined Aggregate 
File, 2003" funded by the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.

Abstract and Documentation:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_115.html

Ordering Instructions:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Order_Forms/Order_Form_General.html

Abstract:
  The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Combined 
Aggregate File (CAF) dataset consists of State-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 CAF is the 
State-level component of the NCANDS that replaced the Summary Data 
Component (SDC) beginning in the year 2000. The CAF is created by merging 
three different NCANDS data sources, the Child File, the Agency File, and 
the SDC, into a single dataset. NCANDS Case-level data are collected 
through the Child File data submission. States that submit a Child File 
also submit an Agency File, which collects State-level data for areas not 
covered in the Child File, such items as preventive services and 
screened-out referrals. Other States continued to submit NCANDS data using 
the SDC survey. Child File data are aggregated to the State-level by key 
variables and then combined with the data from the Agency file and the SDC 
to create the CAF. The number of children and families receiving preventive 
services, the number of reports and investigations of child abuse and 
neglect, the number of children who were the subjects of reports of abuse 
or neglect, the number of child victims of maltreatment, the number of 
child fatalities, the size of the State's CPS workforce, and other 
statistics are provided in the CAF. A variable crosswalk to the 1990-1999 
SDC dataset is provided. Please note: In 2003, States began submitting 
their data according to the Federal Fiscal Year (October 1, 2002 - 
September 30, 2003) rather than the calendar year.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
   Andrés Arroyo
   Administrative Assistant
   National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
   Beebe Hall - FLDC
   College of Human Ecology
   Cornell University
   Ithaca NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-7799 * Fax: 607-255-8562
E-mail: NDACAN@cornell.edu
Web site: www.ndacan.cornell.edu

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