Prevalence of Out-Of-Home Care Among School-Aged Children in Canada, 2002-2018: An Analysis of Nationally-Representative Student Survey Data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objectives were to estimate the prevalence of out-of-home care among school-aged children in Canada by year, gender, age group, and placement type and assess time trends.

Methods

We analyzed data from five cycles of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey. Respondents were students in grades six through ten attending public schools in Canada. Based on a question about the family structure, we derived three types of living arrangements - (1) foster/children's home, (2) kinship home, or (3) living with a parent(s) - and estimated the prevalence of each type.

Results

The pooled sample included 93,720 students; 1.1% reported living in a foster/children's home and 2.1% in a kinship home and in 2018. At the p = 0.05 level (chi-square), there were

SUBMITTER: Sharma P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12669065 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature