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ArticleMaternal and child health journal2025

Single-Parent Births in California: A Population-Based Examination of the Risk of Child Protective Services Involvement.

Lindsey Palmer, Bryn King, Andrea Lane Eastman, Eunhye Ahn, Julia Reddy, Emily Putnam-Hornstein

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Lindsey PalmerCollege of Social Work, University of Utah, 395 1500 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA. Lindsey.N.Palmer@utah.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5633-9976
Bryn KingFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street W, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V4, Canada.
Andrea Lane EastmanSuzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Children's Data Network, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA.
Eunhye AhnBrown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
Julia ReddyGillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Emily Putnam-HornsteinSuzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Children's Data Network, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, USA.

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objectivesThe current study examined differential rates of child protective services (CPS) involvement between infants with one or two legally established parents at birth.

methodsVital birth records were used to document all children with a registered birth in California in 2017 (N = 470,854). This birth cohort was then prospectively followed in linked CPS records through age 1 year.

resultsBirth records indicated that 7.1% of infants (n = 33,597) had only one legally established parent. Adjusting for sociodemographic factors, infants with only one parent documented on the birth record were more than twice as likely to be reported for maltreatment (IRR = 2.20; 99% CI [2.12, 2.29]). In the overall birth cohort, significant differences in the likelihood of a CPS report were observed by parental sociodemographic factors (education, age, public insurance, race and ethnicity); however, these same factors were attenuated, to varying degrees, among infants with a single legal parent. CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: Infants born with a single legal parent had a higher concentration of factors associated with heightened rates of CPS involvement. Assessing the circumstances associated with single parenthood, such as understanding household composition and who is involved in the infant's care, may explain potential vulnerability and identify service needs.

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Child AbuseChild Protective ServicesSingle ParentAdultBirth CohortCaliforniaFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleProspective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsChild protective servicesChild welfareFathersPaternity

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