Ethnic disproportionality in the child welfare system: A Norwegian national cohort study |
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| Institution: | 1. The Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development, University of Oslo, Norway;2. The Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Bergen, Norway;1. University of Bergen, Department of Administration and Organization Theory, Christiesgate 17, 5020 Bergen, Norway;2. Emmanuel College, 400 the Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, USA;3. Department of Social Work, National University of Distance Education (UNED), Spain;1. College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, United States;2. Department of Social Work, East Tennessee State University, United States |
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| Abstract: | This study of Norwegian child welfare clients examined the extent to which ethnic disparities in involvement with the child welfare system can be attributed to ethnic differences in sociodemographic background. Using logistic regression models and a unique dataset constructed by linking child welfare records to national administrative registers for the 1993–1994 birth cohorts, we computed ethnic disparities in the odds of child welfare involvement at age 6–12 (N = 122,894), both before and after adjustments for sociodemographic background. Compared with ethnic Norwegian cohort peers, non-Western children had twice the unadjusted odds of entering the child welfare system (odds ratio = 2.13). However, the data also indicated pronounced ethnic disparities in eight sociodemographic correlates of child welfare involvement. When adjustments for these background factors were modeled, we found no ethnic differences in the odds of child welfare involvement. Our findings suggest that the association between ethnicity and child welfare involvement is confounded by differences in socioeconomic status, maternal social assistance, family size and family structure. |
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