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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Toni Watt & Seoyoun Kim - Children and Youth Services Review,

The present study uses the US National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) to examine educational attainment, employment, homelessness, and incarceration for white, African-American, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native emancipated youth.

Raisatul Umami, Sherly S Turnip - Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine,

The aim of this study was to assess and compare emotional and behavioral problems between left-behind children (LBC) and non-LBC in Indonesia.

Patrick J. Fowler, Katherine E. Marcal, Saras Chung, Derek S. Brown, Melissa Jonson-Reid, Peter S. Hovmand - Child Maltreatment,

The present study uses system dynamics modeling to inform decision-making by testing policies for scaling the Family Unification Program (FUP), a U.S. federal initiative connecting inadequately housed families involved in child welfare with long-term rental subsidies to avoid foster placement.

Jacob P. Gross & Jennifer Geiger - Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education,

This chapter will help the reader to understand the design and outcomes of the foster care system in the USA.

Jacob P. Gross - Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education,

This chapter from Former Foster Youth in Postsecondary Education focuses on the transition point when youth begin to age out of care and may move into postsecondary education.

ChildHub,

This 2-part webinar takes a deeper look into the concrete value of embedding therapeutic services at the Barnahus, how to meet the standard, and the impact for children and their caregivers.

CELCIS,

This year's education conference will focus on positive educational journeys for children and young people with care experience.

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University,

This how-to video breaks down serve and return into 5 simple steps (from Filming Interactions to Nurture Development) and features adults and young children doing each step together.

Meens, Julie; Blavier, Adelaïde; Scali, Thérèse - Université de Liège,

This poster, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences, provides an overview of a study on foster children's sense of belonging. 

Stephen Ucembe - Hope and Homes for Children,

In this blog post for Hope and Homes for Children, Stephen Ucembe writes about the damaging impacts of orphanages in the African context.