According to her studies, reported cases of child abuse in a county or city is directly proportional to that county or city's poverty and unemployment rates.
根據她的研究顯示，各縣市的兒虐案件通報量與該縣市的貧窮率、失業率成正相關，例如，貧窮率最高的台東縣、宜蘭縣，兒童保護的接案率也高居全國第一、二位。而不同社經特質的鄰里社區，通報案例的類型也有差異。