Table 3

Bivariate Associations Between Incident Characteristics and Child and Parent Offender Removal from Home

PredictorsChild Removal
OR (CI)
Parent Removal
OR (CI)
Incident Characteristics
Failure to provide physical needs (vs. other neglect types)1.99 (1.13, 3.51)a0.27 (0.11, 0.64)b
Lack of supervision (vs. other neglect types)1.44 (0.82, 2.52)0.33 (0.16, 0.68)b
Emotional neglect (vs. other neglect types)0.45 (0.24, 0.84)a5.78 (2.84, 11.76)c
Moral-legal neglect (vs. other neglect types)1.01 (0.29, 3.56)1.31 (0.37, 4.64)
High severity (vs. low)1.18 (0.67, 2.06)3.67 (1.80, 7.46)c
Co-occurring physical and/or sexual abuse (yes vs. no)2.59 (1.13, 5.95)a1.86 (0.72, 4.81)
Offender incident-related substance use (yes vs. no)1.58 (0.85, 2.95)2.25 (1.17, 4.31)a
Child Victim Characteristics
Male child sex (versus female)0.92 (0.53, 1.61)0.90 (0.48, 1.67)
Child age1.04 (0.97, 1.11)1.01 (0.94, 1.09)
Child race
 White versus Black1.13 (0.59, 2.19)0.52 (0.25, 1.08)
 Other versus Black0.60 (0.22, 1.63)1.47 (0.65, 3.32)
Child victim previously known to FAP (yes vs. no)1.07 (0.39, 2.89)0.22 (0.03, 1.64)
Parent Offender Characteristics
Offender type
 Sponsor versus sponsor and spouse0.74 (0.33, 1.65)2.61 (1.23, 5.54)a
 Sponsor versus spouse0.50 (0.35, 1.29)3.40 (1.61, 7.17)b
Offender age at birth of child0.92 (0.85, 0.99)a1.04 (0.98, 1.12)
Offender previously known to FAP (yes vs. no)1.20 (0.53, 2.72)0.46 (0.14, 1.56)
Family Characteristics
Highest family rank (E5+ versus E1-E4)0.74 (0.40, 1.35)1.24 (0.67, 2.31)
Multiple children in the home (versus one child)1.85 (0.90, 3.81)0.73 (0.38, 1.41)
Service parent married (vs. unmarried)0.79 (0.34, 1.84)0.86 (0.35, 2.14)
Family physical health problems (yes vs. no)0.99 (0.55, 1.77)0.99 (0.52, 1.86)
Family mental health problems (yes vs. no)1.96 (1.04, 3.69)a0.85 (0.38, 1.89)
  • N = 390. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.

  • a p < 0.05

  • b p < 0.01

  • c p < 0.001