@article{ref1,
title="State support policies and children's living arrangements",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2022",
author="Potter, Marina Haddock and Littleton, Tenesha and Font, Sarah A.",
volume="134",
number="",
pages="e105873-e105873",
abstract="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. <br><br>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. <br><br>METHODS: We utilize negative binomial regression models with state and year fixed effects. <br><br>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. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our results have implications for policies to assist families and reduce child maltreatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105873",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105873"
}