A Statistical and Methodological Framework for Analyzing the Foster Care Experiences of Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10534273 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fred Wulczyn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 318-329 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Service Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7961 • E-ISSN: 1537-5404 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/604185 |
| OpenAlex | W1990589184 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
The attention now being paid to child welfare outcomes raises a number of important questions for researchers and practitioners. Among the most important questions are those that pertain to the issue of change and the statistical and methodological models used to understand how the delivery of services influences the path of change. In this article, I recommend that the study of change be divided into studies of individual-level and aggregate-level dynamics. I present a statistical framework for both types of analysis. I also stress the need to emphasize longitudinal research based on cohorts of children. In particular, I demonstrate how cross-sectional samples distort our impressions of both individual- and aggregate-level dynamics. A failure to recognize the bias in cross-sectional samples will hinder the study of outcomes in general
Aggregate (composite · Dynamics (music · Path analysis (statistics · Political science · Statistical analysis · Statistics · Welfare · Child Welfare and Adoption · Computer Science · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology
Predictors of foster care exits to permanency
Foster Care Dynamics and System Science
Placement Stability, Cumulative Time in Care, and Permanency
Lives in motion
Why Do Children Experience Multiple Placement Changes in Foster Care? Content Analysis on Reasons for Instability
The over‐representation of indigenous children in the Australian child welfare system
What explains instability in foster care? Comparison of a matched sample of children with stable and unstable placements
Leaving foster care—the influence of child and case characteristics on foster care exit rates
Children in care
Predictors of children in foster care being adopted
Length of service for foster parents
Effects of parental and attorney involvement on reunification in Juvenile dependency cases
Statistical estimation of child abuse rates from administrative databases
Race/ethnicity and running away from foster care
Using Administrative Databases to Examine Factors Affecting Length of Stay in Substitute Care
Client feedback in child welfare programs
Infants in Australian Out-of-Home Care
On Causal Inference and the Limits of Disproportionality as a Construct
Placement Stability and Movement Trajectories
The Effect of Population Dynamics on Performance Measurement
Patterns of Movement in Foster Care
Placement Patterns in Foster Care
Patterns of mental health, substance abuse, and justice system involvement among youth aging out of child welfare
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,85 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2023 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |