Table 3.

Cox regression model for discharge to adoption.

Variable	B	Std. error	Risk Ratio	95% CI	Upper
				Lower
Age
0–1a	-	-	-	-	-
2–5	−0.47	0.14	0.62**	0.48	0.81
6–10	−0.79	0.18	0.46**	0.32	0.65
11–15	−2.54	0.39	0.08**	0.04	0.17
16–20c	−13.72	0.35	0.00**	0.00	0.00
Gender
Femalea	-	-	-	-	-
Male	−0.001	0.10	1.00	0.82	1.22
Race
Caucasiana	-	-	-	-	-
African-American	−0.16	0.16	0.85	0.63	1.17
Hispanic	−0.12	0.20	0.89	0.60	1.32
Native American	−0.01	0.81	0.99	0.20	4.81
Asian/Pacific Islanderc	−11.70	1.08	0.00**	0.00	0.00
Two or more races	−0.14	0.24	0.87	0.54	1.40
Prior Removals
Nonea	-	-	-	-	-
1 prior	0.20	0.23	1.22	0.77	1.93
2 or more prior	0.74	0.39	2.09+	0.97	4.51
Child Health
Child disability	−0.40	0.19	0.67*	0.47	0.97
Child mental health	−0.96	0.35	0.38**	0.19	0.77
Removal Reason
Abuseb	0.01	0.19	1.01	0.69	1.47
Neglectb	0.23	0.13	1.26+	0.97	1.63
Child behaviorb	0.24	0.33	1.27	0.67	2.43
Placement Setting
Relative foster carea	-	-	-	-	-
Non-rel. foster care	−0.06	0.14	0.95	0.72	1.24
Group home	−0.79	0.49	0.46	0.18	1.19
Emergency shelter	−0.44	0.29	0.65	0.37	1.15
AOD removal
Non-AODa	-	-	-	-	-
AOD	0.28	0.14	1.32*	1.01	1.72
Event/censored values:
Event: 391
Censored: 2,193
Total: 2,584
% Censored: 84.9%
Test of null hypothesis (all parameters=0)
	Without covariates	With covariates	Model Chi-square	df	p
-2 log L	4,831.9	4,602.1	229.8	21	<.0001

⁺p<.10;

^*p<.05;

^**p<.01.

^aReference category for contrasts.

^bReference category for abuse, neglect, and child behavior removal reasons is “not present.”