Measurement and correlates of foster care placement moves

Sarah A. Font, Kierra M.P. Sattler, Elizabeth T. Gershoff - Children and Youth Services Review

In this study, the authors used a two-year Texas foster care entry cohort to examine the extent to which children experience “progress moves”, such as moving to a sibling placement or to live with a relative, versus non-progress moves, such as moving due to risk of abuse.

Exploring longitudinal care histories for looked after children: a sequence analysis of administrative social care data

Louise McGrath-Lone Katie Harron Lorraine Dearden Ruth Gilbert - International Journal of Population Data Science

The objective of this study is to identify distinct patterns of care history by applying sequence analysis methods to longitudinal, administrative data.