Thriving in Adversity: A positive deviance of safe communities for children National Research Agenda for Protecting Children – Final Report October 2014 Christine Eastman, Trish Hill, Jamee Newland, Ciara Smyth, kylie valentine Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW trial
Family incidents with children present 0.522 <.0001 73 0.755 <0.001 77 Mental health care 0.045 0.707 73 -0.079 0.495 77 Psychological stress 0.460 <.0001 73 0.377 <0.001 77 Alcohol use 0.244 0.038 73 0.445 <.0001 77 Social support -0.329 0.005 73 -0.072 0.533 77 Safety 0.125 0.291 73 0.211 0.065 77 Notes *Pearsons Correlation co-efficient, **Spearman correlations coefficient Table 6.4: Relationships between the dependent variables and key risk factors, NSW: Correlation coefficients Correlation with developmentally vulnerable on 2 or more AEDC domains 2009* Sig N Correlation with developmentally vulnerable on 2 or more AEDC domains 2012* Sig N Domestic violence 0.501 <0.001 140 0.552 <0.001 140 Liquor offence 0.224 0.008 140 0.243 0.004 139 Mental health care plans -0.198 0.015 151 -0.167 0.041 15 Psychological stress 0.385 <0.001 150 0.376 <0.001 150 Alcohol use 0.153 0.060 150 0.091 0.270 150 Social support -0.310 0.001 150 -0.368 0.001 150 Safety -0.108 0.188 150 0.141 0.084 150 Notes *Pearsons Correlation co-efficient Figures 6.1 and 6.2 graph the data points for the LGAs in the relationship between the two dependent variables and the rate of family violence incidents with children present. The relationship between the rates of family violence and child protection outcomes is stronger than the relationship between family violence and child development outcomes. LGAs are classified as anomalous if they are below median on the outcome, and above median on the risk factor variable. Data points in the lower right-hand quadrant indicate LGAs with anomalous outcomes in that these LGAs report higher rates of the risk factor, but relatively low rates of poor outcomes on the AEDC. The LGAs located in the lower right-hand quadrant for both dependent variables in Figures 6.1 and 6.6 are reported in Table 6.5.
Non-English speaking background -0.067 0.576 -0.395 <0.001 Volunteering 0.099 0.406 0.227 0.047 Domestic work 0.226 0.054 0.324 0.004 care- all -0.107 0.368 -0.047 0.682 Child care for other children -0.076 0.522 0.275 0.016 N 78 77 Table 6.6: Relationships between the dependent variables and factors, NSW: Correlation coefficients Correlation with developmentally vulnerable on 2 or more AEDC domains 2009 Sig Correlation with developmentally vulnerable on 2 or more AEDC domains 2012 Sig Children in lone parent families 0.557 <.001 0.482 <.001 Children in jobless families 0.574 <.001 0.575 <.001 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families 0.486 <.001 0.657 <.001 Low income families 0.448 <.001 0.467 <.001 Jobless families 0.557 <.001 0.539 <.001 Low education families 0.534 <.001 0.599 <.001 Young mothers 0.547 <.001 0.522 <.001 Regional advantage and disadvantage -0.541 <.001 -0.513 <.001 Government housing 0.391 <.001 0.432 <.001 Residential mobility -0.160 0.050 -0.244 0.003 Non-English speaking background -0.148 0.069 -0.143 0.080 Volunteering -0.036 0.657 0.027 0.744 economic
Moreland % Children developmentally vulnerable on 2 or more AEDC domains 2012 IRSD score Number of children Brunswick 3.6 1035.88 177 Brunswick East 9.6 1052.18 77 Brunswick West 3.1 1023 102 Coburg 5.1 1006.27 305 Coburg North 7.4 969.8 77 Fawkner 15.3 901.68 182 Glenroy 11.5 932.95 249 Gowanbrae 12.3 1079.51 58 Hadfield 6.5 939.75 82 Oak Park 4.1 1043.1 50 Pascoe Vale 8.3 1011.4 142 Source: See also Table A4 Within-LGA data: Hastings Hastings % Children developmentally vulnerable on 2 or more AEDC domains 2012 IRSD score Number of children Hills 5.1 1026 45 Kendall and surrounds 7.7 972 42 Creek and surrounds 16.7 1042 45 Lake Cathie 14.3 992 50 Lakewood/West Haven 0 935 24 Laurieton 11.1 893 18 Port Macquarie/North Shore 5.2 975 537 Wauchope and surrounds 10.4 915 122 Source: See also