Temporal stability of entries and predictors for entry into out-of-home care before the third birthday: A Danish population-based study of entries from 1981 to 2008 |
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Authors: | Mads Bonde Ubbesen Liselotte Petersen Preben Bo Mortensen Ole Steen Kristensen |
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Institution: | 1. National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Fuglsangsallé 4, 8210 Aarhus V, Denmark;2. Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 9, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark |
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Abstract: | ObjectivePlacing a child in out-of-home care is one of the most radical measures a child protection system can decide to take. There is an essential interest in understanding the probability of entering care and what circumstances are related to the decision to place a child in out-of-home care. This study investigates the temporal stability of rates and predictors for entry into care.MethodData were obtained by linking several registration systems. The study population was defined as all children entering care before their third birthday from birth cohorts 1981–2008 (N = 11,034). Furthermore, a control population consisting of a randomly assigned quarter of the Danish child population from the same birth cohorts was used (N = 515,773). Rates of entry and Cox regression models from six periods from 1981 to 2008 were used to model co-variates associated with entry into out-of-home care.ResultsThe overall likelihood for entering care is found to be decreasing over time. Furthermore, results reveal two trends: relative rates of entry are significantly decreasing for children whose mother has a psychiatric history prior to the child's birth; relative rates are significantly increasing for children whose mother or father was unemployed in the year prior to the child's birth. |
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Keywords: | Out-of-home care Foster care Administrative data Registerbased research Predictors of entry Temporal stability |
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