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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Anuja Bansal - Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care,

This article from the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care describes the Family Based Care (FBC) program by SOS Children's Villages of India.

Judy Furnivall - Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care,

This article discusses how important it is for children in residential care to develop the ability to navigate relationships with each other.

Samantha Finan, Leah Bromfield, Fiona Arney and Tim Moore - Australian Centre for Child Protection,

This report, developed by the Australian Centre for Child Protection (ACCP) in consulation with an Expert Panel, provides an analysis and evaluation of a range of child protection practice frameworks in terms of the way they respond to the values and principles and approach to working with children and families applicable to the continuum of child protection practice.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network,

This resource from the U.S. National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides tips for current caregivers and others to help address the needs of immigrant and refugee children who have experienced traumatic separation.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network,

This document from the U.S. National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) identifies existing NCTSN resources related to traumatic separation, refugee and immigrant trauma, and best practices in trauma-informed care for refugee and immigrant children and families.

McGarrity, Liz - Dublin Business School,

The objective of this study is to look at attachment styles of children in foster care and how the foster carer contributes to the reparation of insecure attachment of children in foster care.

Jacqueline Hope and Carlien van Wyk - Child Abuse Research in South Africa,

This study aims to develop a model for practice for implementing emergency child protection interventions with children at risk.

Scottish Government,

This publication from the Scottish government examines 2016/17 data on looked after children’s attainment, post-school destinations, school attendance, school exclusions and achievement of curriculum for excellence attainment levels.

Terje Halvorsen - Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care,

This article discusses the use of professional theories in the field of residential child care.

Witold Pawliczuk, Anna Kaźmierczak-Mytkowska, Tomasz Srebnicki, Tomasz Wolańczyk - Psychiatria Polska,

This article presents an overview of the few studies carried out so far in the European residential institutions, including children’s homes, over the years 1940–2011 in the UK, Germany, Romania, and Poland.