Magruder Joseph, Shaw Terry V
Center for Social Services Research, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7400, USA.
Child Welfare. 2008;87(2):169-88.
Most studies of ethnic disproportionality in child welfare examine data in one of two ways: a point in time approach or an entry cohort approach. While each provides insight into disproportionality, neither gives a full picture of the differences among ethnic groups in the experience of the child welfare system over time. This study uses longitudinal administrative child welfare data to examine ethnic disproportionality in involvement with the child welfare system during the first seven years of life at three levels of contact: (1) initial referrals, (2) substantiated referrals, and (3) first entries. Findings suggest the experience of African American families, and probably Native American families, with the child welfare system is much different from other families.
时间点法或进入队列法。虽然每种方法都能洞察不均衡问题，但两者都无法全面呈现不同种族群体在儿童福利系统中的经历差异。本研究使用纵向儿童福利行政数据，从三个接触层面考察儿童在七岁前参与儿童福利系统时的种族不均衡问题：（1）首次转介；（2）经证实的转介；（3）首次进入。研究结果表明，非裔美国家庭以及可能还有美洲原住民家庭在儿童福利系统中的经历与其他家庭大不相同。
