Table 2: Experience of Physical Neglect from Parents or Guardians by Gender and Child Protection Status

Total Male Female Child Non-Protection Case Child Protection Case
Total (N) 2980 1579 1401 2128 852
Weighted (N) 2980 1555 1425 2794 186
Aged <12 you were expected to wash own clothes (%) 2.9 1.7 4.2 2.4 10.8
Aged <12 you had to attend school in dirty clothes because there were no clean ones available (%) 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.1 8.0
Aged <12 you were occasionally starved due to lack of food or no one available to prepare meals (%) 1.2 1.0 1.4 0.7 8.8
Aged <12 you were responsible for own care when sick (%) 5.9 6.2 5.7 5.5 13.1
Aged <12 had to call a doctor for yourself when ill (%) 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.1
Often had to care for yourself due to parental alcohol or drug problems (%) 3.9 2.9 4.9 2.9 19.0
Were often abandoned in the home for several days (%) 1.3 1.4 1.1 0.9 6.8
Total (%) 3.0 2.6 3.4 2.1 16.0

Note: All percentage values are weighted; Total = Positive endorsement of at least two items; Categories were not mutually exclusive.