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Children placed in out-of-home care as midlife adults: are they still disadvantaged or have they caught up with their peers?
- Authors:
- BRANNSTROM Lars, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Maltreatment, 22(3), 2017, pp.205-214.
- Publisher:
- Sage
International research has consistently reported that children placed in out-of-home care (OHC) have poor outcomes in young adulthood. Yet, little is known about their outcomes in midlife. Using prospective data from a cohort of more than 14,000 Swedes born in 1953, of which nearly 9% have been placed in OHC, this study examines whether there is developmental continuity or discontinuity of disadvantage reaching into middle age in OHC children, compared to same-aged peers. Outcome profiles, here conceptualized as combinations of adverse outcomes related to education, economic hardship, unemployment, and mental health problems, were assessed in 1992–2008 (ages 39–55). Results indicate that having had experience of OHC was associated with 2-fold elevated odds of ending up in the most disadvantaged outcome profile, controlling for observed confounding factors. These findings suggest that experience of OHC is a strong marker for disadvantaged outcomes also in midlife. (Publisher abstract)
Different exit routes from unemployment and their impact on mental well-being: the role of the economic situation and the predictability of the life course
- Author:
- STRANDH Mattias
- Journal article citation:
- Work Employment and Society, 14(3), September 2000, pp.459-479.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The relationship between unemployment and mental well-being has been thoroughly researched. Longitudinal studies have show unemployment to have negative impact on mental well-being, whereas re-employment has positive impact. In this article, an investigation is made into the impact of different exit routes from unemployment on mental well-being. This is done using a longitudinal and nationally representative survey of 3,500 unemployed Swedes. The results indicate that the mental well-being outcome of exiting unemployment is related to how the new status resolves economic difficulties and the certainly faced in the unemployment situation. Exit from unemployment to maternity/paternity leave increases mental well-being, exit to sick leave reduces mental well-being, while exit to early retirement pension does not significantly change the mental well-being.