Estimating the "Impact" of Out-of-Home Placement on Child Well-Being: Approaching the Problem of Selection Bias

Autor/inn/en	Berger, Lawrence M.; Bruch, Sarah K.; Johnson, Elizabeth I.; James, Sigrid; Rubin, David
Titel	Estimating the "Impact" of Out-of-Home Placement on Child Well-Being: Approaching the Problem of Selection Bias
Quelle	In: Child Development, 80 (2009) 6, S.1856-1876 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01372.x
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Child Behavior; Least Squares Statistics; Thinking Skills; Placement; Evaluation Methods; Models; Children; Well Being; Child Development; Regression (Statistics) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Analogiemodell; Child; Kind; Kinder; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Kindesentwicklung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	This study used data on 2,453 children aged 4-17 from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being and 5 analytic methods that adjust for selection factors to estimate the impact of out-of-home placement on children's cognitive skills and behavior problems. Methods included ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions and residualized change, simple change, difference-in-difference, and fixed effects models. Models were estimated using the full sample and a matched sample generated by propensity scoring. Although results from the unmatched OLS and residualized change models suggested that out-of-home placement is associated with increased child behavior problems, estimates from models that more rigorously adjust for selection bias indicated that placement has little effect on children's cognitive skills or behavior problems. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10