Table 3.
Regression Results: Effect of FDTC Participation on Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care
| Hazard | Competing Risk (reference=reunification) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| Exiting Foster Care HR (s.e.) |
Adoption RRR (s.e.) |
Guardian /Custodian RRR (s.e.) |
|
|
Parental FDTC participation:
(reference=Completed) |
|||
| Referred | 0.640** (0.102) |
13.811*** (10.494) |
5.448*** (1.990) |
| Enrolled | 0.731* (0.089) |
32.209*** (24.365) |
10.078*** (3.477) |
|
Child’s race/ethnicity:
(reference=White) |
|||
| Black non-Hispanic | 0.571*** (0.072) |
1.559 (0.769) |
0.352** (0.117) |
| Other race non-Hispanic | 0.567*** (0.097) |
1.237 (0.626) |
0.259** (0.110) |
| Hispanic | 0.506 (0.186) |
2.174 (1.717) |
0.535 (0.351) |
| Child female | 1.087 (0.089) |
0.872 (0.253) |
1.046 (0.242) |
|
Age at index maltreatment report
(reference=0 to 1): |
|||
| 1 to 3 | 0.940 (0.117) |
0.816 (0.352) |
1.508 (0.501) |
| 4 to 6 | 0.713* (0.102) |
0.798 (0.377) |
1.189 (0.478) |
| 7 to 18 | 0.699** (0.097) |
0.394 (0.199) |
2.011 (0.788) |
| Low or very low birth weight | 0.841 (0.093) |
1.852 (0.680) |
1.656 (0.481) |
| Prenatal Care initiated only after first trimester |
1.066 (0.096) |
0.916 (0.369) |
1.112 (0.277) |
| No father listed on birth records | 0.962 (0.123) |
1.878 (0.892) |
2.362** (0.781) |
| Maternal education at child’s birth is HS diploma or more |
1.021 (0.101) |
0.566 (0.188) |
0.771 (0.206) |
| FDTC parent is female | 0.637** (0.107) |
2.710 (2.058) |
3.036* (1.512) |
|
Child’s disability:
(reference=no disability) |
|||
| Emotional or behavioral | 0.968 (0.145) |
0.466 (0.299) |
0.416* (0.153) |
| Other disability | 1.004 (0.228) |
0.807 (0.726) |
0.404 (0.303) |
| Parent <25 at index maltreatment | 1.026 (0.128) |
0.550 (0.241) |
0.961 (0.309) |
| Two parents home at time of removal (reference=single parent or unknown) |
0.956 (0.119) |
0.689 (0.292) |
0.596 (0.206) |
|
Reason for removal:
(reference=neglect) |
|||
| Abuse | 0.851 (0.152) |
2.256 (2.029) |
1.929 (1.623) |
| Parental Substance Abuse | 1.016 (0.135) |
1.145 (0.444) |
1.353 (0.422) |
| Other reasons | 1.027 (0.253) |
0.313 (0.262) |
1.518 (0.756) |
| CPS year of report | 1.067* (0.032) |
0.929 (0.082) |
0.948 (0.069) |
| Substantiated maltreatment report | 0.810 (0.093) |
0.806 (0.334) |
0.705 (0.204) |
| Constant | 0.033** (0.041) |
0.152* (0.126) |
|
| N. of cases | 566 | 536 | 536 |
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01,
***
p<0.001;
Note: 1. HR is hazard ratio; 2. RRR is relative risk ratio