Out-of-home care among immigrant children in Sweden:: a national cohort study

被引:17
作者
Vinnerljung, Bo [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Franzen, Eva [1 ]
Gustafsson, Bjorn [4 ,5 ]
Johansson, Ing-Marie [4 ]
机构
[1] Natl Board Hlth & Welf, Ctr Epidemiol, S-10630 Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Natl Board Hlth & Welf, Inst Evidence Based Social Work Practice, S-10630 Stockholm, Sweden
[3] Stockholm Univ, Dept Social Work, Stockholm, Sweden
[4] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Social Work, Gothenburg, Sweden
[5] Inst Study Labour IZA, Bonn, Germany
关键词
cohort study; immigrant; migrant epidemiology; foster care; residential care; child welfare; childcare;
D O I
10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00568.x
中图分类号
C916 [社会工作、社会管理、社会规划];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
We used data from several national registers for ten entire birth cohorts (n > 1 million) to examine the representation of first generation immigrant children among first time entries into out-of-home care (foster or residential care) at ages 7-12 and 13-17. Logistic regression models were used to adjust results for socioeconomic background factors. Immigrant children were categorised in six groups relating to birth country/continent. Compared with Swedish-born peers, immigrant children from non-European countries had between two- and three-fold sex and birth-year adjusted odds for being placed in care for the first time at ages 7-12. After adjustments for five socioeconomic background variables, none of these overrisks remained. Instead there was a tendency towards immigrant background being associated with reduced risks, statistically significant for immigrant children born in non-Nordic European countries. Immigrant children had between two- and six-fold age and birth-year adjusted odds for entering care for the first time during adolescence. After adjusting the results for socioeconomic background, only immigrant children born in Sub-Saharan Africa or in Asia outside the Middle East had significant overrisks for care entries at ages 13-17 (odds ratio = 1.5).
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