A question of class: On the heterogeneous relationship between background characteristics and a child's placement risk

TY - JOUR

T1 - A question of class

T2 - On the heterogeneous relationship between background characteristics and a child's placement risk

AU - Andersen, Signe Hald

AU - Fallesen, Peter

PY - 2010/6

Y1 - 2010/6

N2 - While a range of studies investigate how a child's background characteristics affects his or her placement risk, only few have considered the possible stratified influence of these characteristics. This study contributes to this small literature by investigating if the influence from background characteristics varies by the child's social class membership. The analysis shows that this is the case: background characteristics matter less for preschool children from higher classes compared to low class preschool children, however, they matter more for high class teenagers than for low class teenagers.

AB - While a range of studies investigate how a child's background characteristics affects his or her placement risk, only few have considered the possible stratified influence of these characteristics. This study contributes to this small literature by investigating if the influence from background characteristics varies by the child's social class membership. The analysis shows that this is the case: background characteristics matter less for preschool children from higher classes compared to low class preschool children, however, they matter more for high class teenagers than for low class teenagers.

U2 - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.10.003

DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.10.003

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0190-7409

VL - 32

SP - 783

EP - 789

JO - Children and Youth Services Review

JF - Children and Youth Services Review

IS - 6

ER -