Definition: Estimated percentage of adults with caregiving responsibilities for children ages 0-17 whose youngest child spent four or more hours with a relative, friend, or neighbor in the previous seven days, by presence of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the household and person's relationship to the child (e.g., in Wave 3, the youngest child of 26.5% of California caregivers living in households with one or more CSHCN had spent four or more hours with a grandparent in the previous week).
Data Source: Family Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Jul. 2021). Questionnaire: American Academy of Pediatrics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevent Child Abuse America & Tufts Medical Center; California oversample: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health & California Essentials for Childhood Initiative (California Dept. of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch & California Dept. of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention).
Footnote: Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. The questionnaire was administered during the following periods: Nov. 9 – Dec. 11, 2020 (Wave 1); Mar. 22 – Apr. 12, 2021 (Wave 2); Jul. 8 – Jul. 27, 2021 (Wave 3). These data are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.
