Nigeria

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 173,620,000
  • Population under 15: 46%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 52.5 years
  • Human Development Index: 152 out of 187
  • World Bank Status: Lower Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 3.2%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.6 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 19%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 49%

Sources: World Bank, UNDP, UNAIDS, DHS 2013

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John G. Orme, Donna J. Cherry - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study replicated and extended previous research which identified the small proportion of highly productive foster parents who provide a disproportionate amount of care in the United States. This study used a nationally representative sample of foster families (N = 876) with a focus on willingness to foster, and actually fostering, children with special needs.

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Inbal Alon - Journal of Social Service Research,

This article reports on the Western Uganda Bantwana Program, which worked with more than 1,000 HIV/AIDS-affected families with the goals of improving socioeconomic status, psychosocial functioning, and educational participation.

Zoe Flood - The Guardian,

This article describes the large numbers of unaccompanied children who have fled Burundi in the wake of political violence, and the efforts by aid agencies in bordering countries such as Rwanda, DRC and Tanzania to support them.

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

The 2nd Annual Global Social Service Workforce Alliance Symposium was held on June 10, 2015. The full webcast, presentations, and summary are now available.

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance,

This first annual report from the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, published on June 10, 2015, sheds light on the social service workforce, an important group of people who help to ensure that effective prevention and support services reach those who need it most.

MenCare Campaign,

This video was launched alongside the first ever “State of the World’s Fathers” report, produced by the MenCare Campaign. The video features interviews with fathers, mothers, and children.

Ellen Otzen - BBC World Service,

This article describes the experiences of Inuit children from Greenland who were removed from their families and taken to Denmark in the 1950s in an effort by the Danish government to re-educate them as “Little Danes” and to “modernize” Greenland.

Better Care Network,

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

Maria Manuela Calheiros, Margarida Vaz Garrido, Diniz Lopes, Joana Nunes Patrício - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current study seeks to examine the social images associated with children and youth in residential care and the respective care institutions in Portugal.

Sigrid James, Ronald Thompson, Neal Sternberg, Elizabeth Schnur, Jordan Ross, Linda Butler, Dawn Triplett, Lesley Puett & Jenny Muirhead - Residential Treatment for Children & Youth Volume 32, Issue 2, 2015,

This study reports on results of a national survey conducted in the United States about the attitudes, perceptions, and utilization of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in residential care settings.