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Table 3 Prevalence of care needs within three years after the index incident (N  = 3200)

From: The development and validation of the Youth Actuarial Care Needs Assessment Tool for Non-Offenders (Y-ACNAT-NO)

 

Total sample

Construction sample

Validation sample

  

( N  = 3200)

( n  = 1549)

( n  = 1651)

 

n a

%

n a

%

n a

%

χ 2 (1) b

Z c

Number of juveniles with a supervision order

78

2.4

39

2.5

39

2.4

.029

7.982***

Number of juveniles associated with a worrisome incidentd

405

12.7

198

12.8

207

12.5

.024

7.575***

of which: Incidents of domestic strife

120

3.8

67

4.3

53

3.2

2.453

6.021***

  Incidents of domestic violence

295

9.2

146

9.4

149

9.0

.109

4.352***

  Incidents of child abuse

88

2.8

50

3.2

38

2.3

2.229

3.503***

  Incidents of sexual offensive behavior

103

3.2

60

3.9

43

2.6

3.734+

3.316***

Total number of juveniles with a care need

446

13.9

217

14.0

229

13.9

.004

16.169***

  1. aNumber of unique juveniles in the sample with a (specific) care need.
  2. bChi-square tests with Yates’ correction were conducted to determine differences between the construction and validation sample.
  3. cZ-tests for proportions were conducted to test for differences in the prevalences of care needs between the samples on which the Y-ACNAT-NO and the YC-NAT were based.
  4. dWorrisome incidents are defined as incidents of domestic strife/violence, child abuse, and sexual offensive behavior that occur at the juvenile’s living address.
  5. +p < .10; ***p < .001.