TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Children placed in out-of-home care as midlife adults: are they still disadvantaged or have they caught up with their peers?
JO  - Child maltreatment
A1  - Brännström, Lars
A1  - Vinnerljung, Bo
A1  - Forsman, Hilma
A1  - Almquist, Ylva B.
SP  - 205
EP  - 214
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - International research has consistently reported that children placed in out-of-home care (OHC) have poor outcomes in young adulthood. Yet, little is known about their outcomes in midlife. Using prospective data from a cohort of more than 14,000 Swedes born in 1953, of which nearly 9% have been placed in OHC, this study examines whether there is developmental continuity or discontinuity of disadvantage reaching into middle age in OHC children, compared to same-aged peers. Outcome profiles, here conceptualized as combinations of adverse outcomes related to education, economic hardship, unemployment, and mental health problems, were assessed in 1992-2008 (ages 39-55). <br><br>RESULTS indicate that having had experience of OHC was associated with 2-fold elevated odds of ending up in the most disadvantaged outcome profile, controlling for observed confounding factors. These findings suggest that experience of OHC is a strong marker for disadvantaged outcomes also in midlife.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-5595
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559517701855
ID  - ref1
ER  -