Foster Family Characteristics, Kinship, and Permanence

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10547331
AutoresAndrew Zinn (0000-0001-9298-6257, University of Chicago, autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume83
Fascículo2
Páginas185-219
Data de publicação2009-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Service Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-7961 • E-ISSN: 1537-5404
EditoraUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/600828
OpenAlexW1967626570
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas23

Using administrative data describing 22,311 foster family placements in Illinois, this study examines the relations between foster family demographic characteristics and children’s permanency outcomes. The extent to which these relations differ for placements with kinship and nonkinship families is also examined. Results suggest that the age and race or ethnicity of foster parents, as well as foster family wage income and fostering history, predict the disposition and timing of children’s exit from care. Results also suggest that the relation between foster family kinship status and permanence is moderated by several foster family characteristics. Moreover, the relations between some of these characteristics and children’s permanency outcomes are found to differ by the type of placement (with kinship or nonkinship families). Finally, results suggest that the relation between child race and adoption is moderated by foster parent race. Implications for child welfare policy and scholarship are discussed

Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Foster care · Kinship · Kinship care · Political science · Race (biology · Scholarship · Sociology · Welfare · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology