Taitz L S, King J M, Nicholson J, Kessel M
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1987 Apr 25;294(6579):1074-6. doi: 10.1136/bmj.294.6579.1074.
The employment state of men living in the homes of children at the time that child abuse was diagnosed was determined. The series included a wide range of abuse, including non-accidental injury, failure to thrive, neglect, and emotional deprivation. Two cohorts of children seen during 1974-9 and 1980-5 were compared; these periods were chosen because a large increase in unemployment began in Sheffield in 1980. Although the proportion of the men without work was significantly increased during the second period, this increase could not be ascribed to the rise in either long term or short term unemployment among those who had previously been in regular employment. It was accounted for by a rise in the proportions of single parent families and families in which the resident man had never had regular employment. This may reflect an increase in pregnancies among young mothers. There was no evidence to support the belief that the loss of a job in otherwise stable families leads to an increase in child abuse.
研究确定了在虐待儿童被诊断时居住在儿童家中的男性的就业状况。该系列包括多种虐待情况，包括非意外伤害、发育不良、忽视和情感剥夺。对1974年至199年以及1980年至1985年期间就诊的两组儿童进行了比较；选择这些时间段是因为1980年谢菲尔德的失业率大幅上升。虽然在第二个时期没有工作的男性比例显著增加，但这种增加不能归因于那些以前有固定工作的人中长期或短期失业率的上升。这是由单亲家庭以及常住男性从未有过固定工作的家庭比例上升所导致的。这可能反映了年轻母亲怀孕率的增加。没有证据支持这样的观点，即在其他方面稳定的家庭中失去工作会导致虐待儿童行为增加。
