Outcomes of permanent family placement for children of minority ethnic origin

Moffatt, Peter G. and Thoburn, June (2001) Outcomes of permanent family placement for children of minority ethnic origin. Child and Family Social Work, 6 (1). pp. 13-22. ISSN 1365-2206

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Abstract

The paper explores the outcomes of permanent family placement for children of minority ethnic origin, using a sample of 254 placements drawn, in the main, from a cohort of 1165 British children placed between 1980 and 1985. Statistical techniques are used to explore the relationship between ‘success’ (defined, for the purposes of this paper, as the placement not known to have broken down) and a range of variables, including the characteristics of the child, the birth parents and the adoptive parents, and the type of placement. In most respects, the findings are consistent with those of similar studies. Age at placement is found to have an important effect, with success least likely for children placed in the middle age range. Lack of problem behaviours in the children at the time of placement is also found to be associated with success. Variables which are found to have no effect on the probability of success include ethnic origin of the child, whether it is an adoptive or permanent foster placement, and whether contact with birth parents continued after placement. There was an interesting gender effect in that boys did better in ‘transracial’ than in ‘matched’ placements, but the opposite was the case for girls.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Social Work
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Applied Econometrics And Finance Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Research on Children and Families
Depositing User:	Katherine Humphries
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2010 15:32
Last Modified:	10 Aug 2023 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/16218
DOI:	10.1046/j.1365-2206.2001.00194.x

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