Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] Battered Mothers Rights - A Human Rights Issue.

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Mothers versus fathers -- with whom are children at more risk of abuse? NIS-3: What it REALLY says about mother-absent families, examined at Dastardly Dads blog

"Children living with their only their mothers experienced maltreatment under the Harm Standard at a rate of 26.1 per 1,000 children. Children living with only their dads? 36.6 per 1,000."

"What about abuse as such? Children living with only their moms: 10.5 per 1,000. Children living with only their dads: 17.7 per 1,000."

PHYSICAL ABUSE: "Children living with only their moms: 6.4 per 1,000 children. Children living with only their dads: 10.5 per 1,000 children. Here's what NIS-3 states: 'When specific types of abuse under the Harm Standard are examined, it is apparent that the findings described in the previous paragraph stem from the disproportionate incidence of physical abuse among children in father-only households...'"

NEGLECT: "Children living with only their moms: 16.7 per 1,000 children. Children living with only their dads: 21.9 per 1,000 children."

EMOTIONAL NEGLECT: "Children living with only their moms: 3.4 per 1,000 children. Children living with only their fathers: 8.8 per 1,000 children."

SERIOUS INJURIES: "Children living with only their moms: 10.0 per 1,000 children. Children living with only their dads: 14.0 per 1,000."

MODERATE INJURIES: "Children living with only their moms: 14.7 per 1,000 children. Children living with only their dads: 20.5 per 1,000."

ALL MALTREATMENT: "...children living with only their moms: 50.1 per 1,000 children. For children living with only their dads: 65.6 per 1,000."

ALL ABUSE: "...children living with only their moms: 18.1 per 1,000 children. For children living only with their dads: 31.0 per 1,000."

For more information, see http://dastardlydads.blogspot.com/2009/09/another-look-see-at-nis-3-or-what-do.html and http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/statistics.html