State support policies and children's living arrangements.
Child Abuse Negl
; 134: 105873, 2022 12.
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| ID: mdl-36099686
BACKGROUND: Many children in the United States live apart from their parents, in either formal or informal foster care, due to concerns about child abuse and neglect. Prior research has established a connection between poverty and child maltreatment, but many aspects of state support to families remain unexamined in relation to child living arrangements. OBJECTIVE: We test welfare access, welfare generosity, work supports, and family supports indicators as predictors of foster care removal rates and nonparental care rates. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: We use a population of 51 states, including the District of Columbia, for years 2008 to 2018, totaling 561 state-years. METHODS: We utilize negative binomial regression models with state and year fixed effects. RESULTS: We find that one-dollar higher minimum wages are negatively associated with both foster care removal rates (IRR = 0.947, p < 0.001) and nonparental care rates (IRR = 0.975, p < 0.01), but that other state policies are not consistently beneficial. CONCLUSIONS: Our results have implications for policies to assist families and reduce child maltreatment.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Maltrato a los Niños
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Protección a la Infancia
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Child Abuse Negl
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido