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Table 4 Child protection system contact before and after age 2 years, by maternal imprisonment history

From: Maternal incarceration, child protection, and infant mortality: a descriptive study of infant children of women prisoners in Western Australia

 

Indigenous children

Non-Indigenous children

Maternal imprisonment

No corrections record

Maternal imprisonment

No corrections record

Child protection contact

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Child protection contact by age-2

537

56.9

208

7.1

243

55.4

74

2.0

 Out-of-home care by age-2

291

30.8

33

1.1

153

34.9

12

0.3

No child protection contact by age-2

407

43.1

2715

92.9

196

44.6

3717

98.0

 Child protection contact age-2+

213

22.6

527

18.0

84

19.1

145

3.8

 Out-of-home care age-2+

78

8.3

67

2.3

30

6.8

20

0.5

Total

944

100

2923

100

439

100

3791

100