. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Lancet Psychiatry. 2015 Jun 23;2(7):625–634. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00095-4

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study population.

	Care as usual (n=55)	Foster care (n=55)			Never placed in institution (n=49)
					Never placed in institution (n=49)
		All foster care (n=55)	Disrupted^* (n=28)	Stable (n=26)
Gender
Girls	26 (47%)	26 (47%)	13 (46%)	12 (46%)	28 (57%)
Boys	29 (53%)	29 (53%)	15 (54%)	14 (54%)	21 (43%)
Age (years)	13.03 (0.84)	12.99 (0.58)	13.07 (0.61)	12.90 (0.55)	12.83 (0.57)
Ethnic origin
Romanian	24 (44%)	33 (60%)	15 (53%)	17 (65%)	47 (96%)
Roma	21 (38%)	14 (25%)	8 (29%)	6 (23%)	2 (4%)
Other/unknown	10 (18%)	8 (15%)	5 (18%)	3 (12%)	0 (0%)

Data are n(%) or mean (SD)

One child excluded because she was reintegrated into her biological family before placement in foster care.