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National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System
United States. Children's Bureau,
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect.

The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) is a federally sponsored data collection effort created to track child maltreatment reports nationally. Every year since 1990, each state, as well as the District of Columbia, submits aggregate data such as the number of reports of abuse, types of maltreatment, the nature of the investigation, and services provided as a result of the investigation. Most states also voluntarily submit detailed individual data, which consists of case-specific information on abuse and neglect reports investigated by state child protective service agencies. Common data elements submitted by states in this Child File include the demographic characteristics of children (and if case is substantiated, their attacker), types of maltreatment suffered, the nature of the investigation, and services provided as a result of the investigation.

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National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, 2001-2010
United States. Department of Health and Human Services,
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect.

The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) provides detailed, longitudinal information on the experiences of children and families who have entered the child welfare system. NSCAW includes a child welfare services investigation sample of over 5,000 reported child victims from 92 different communities in 36 states. These children were under the age of 15 years between October 1999 and December 2000, when their child protective services investigation took place. NSCAW also includes a long-term foster care sample of an additional 727 children who had been in out-of-home care for about 12 months over the same timeframe. Baseline data collection took place an average of four months following the child maltreatment investigation, and follow-ups were conducted 1, 1½, 3, and 5 years afterward. The oldest children in NSCAW were young adults at the latest follow-up, when they were asked additional questions about employment, housing, family formation, and adult functioning.

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