Race, Poverty, and Foster Care Placement in the United States: Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Perspectives

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Examines how changes in poverty rate are related to foster care placements for Black and White children. Utilizes longitudinal data from 2000 to 2015 to analyze related socio-ecological factors and includes statistics on poverty, foster care admissions rates, and child population, further broken down according to urbanicity.

Fred Wulczyn, Xiaomeng Zhou, Jamie McClanahan, et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(16), 6572

08/2023

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Black or African American · Child welfare · Children and youth · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · White