Child poverty and children entering care in England, 2015-20: a longitudinal ecological study at the local area level.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children in care face adverse health outcomes throughout their life course compared with their peers. In England, over the past decade, the stark rise in the number of cared-for children has coincided with rising child poverty, a key risk factor for children entering care. We aimed to assess the contribution of recent trends in child poverty to trends in care entry.

Methods

In this longitudinal, ecological study of 147 local authorities in England, we linked data from the Department for Work and Pensions and HM Revenue & Customs on the proportion of children younger than 16 years living in families with income less than 60% of the contemporary national median income, before housing costs, with Department for Education data on rates of children younger than 16 year

SUBMITTER: Bennett DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9595441 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature