Table 7.

Multinomial Logistic Regression

	Late movers		Community Care		Institutionalized		Early Entry
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Prior to foster care:
Individual:
Gender:
Male (ref. is female)	1.16	.65–2.04	1.42	.78–2.59	2.76**	1.50–5.18	1.97*	1.01–3.72
Race (ref. is white):
African American	.06***	.02–.19	.10**	.03–.35	.05***	.01–.19	.22*	.06–.79
Other	1.60	.27–9.69	.70	.09–4.93	.87	.13–5.83	.83	.10–6.88
Ethnicity (ref. is not Hispanic):
Hispanic	.12**	.03–.55	.32	.07–1.48	.44	.11–1.79	.44	.09–2.17
Child maltreatment:
Neglected (ref. is not neglected)	1.47	.75–2.89	1.13	.57–2.25	1.30	.60–2.80	1.21	.56–2.62
Physically abused (ref. is not abused)	1.18	.63–2.18	.61	.31–1.20	1.67	.82–3.39	1.41	.70–2.84
Family:
Lived with biological caregiver (ref. is lived with other caregiver)	1.25	.58–2.67	.79	.35–1.75	1.07	.50–2.46	.66	.30–1.39
Any caregiver problem	1.05	.55–1.98	2.13*	1.03–4.41	1.04	.51–2.11	2.50*	1.13–5.52
At first entry:
Education of first caseworker:
Undergraduate education or less (ref.)
Graduate education or higher	.83	.44–1.50	.37**	.18–.77	.45*	.21–.95	.66	.28–1.21
Region at first entry:
Nonurban (ref.)
Urban	.71	.39–1.32	1.30	.65–2.60	3.55**	1.56–8.07	.89	.48–2.04

Note.—ref. = reference category; CI = confidence interval.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.