Murray, Emily T and Lacey, Rebecca and Maughan, Barbara and Sacker, Amanda (2020) Non-parental care in childhood and health up to 30 years later: ONS Longitudinal Study 1971–2011. European Journal of Public Health, 30 (6). pp. 1121-1127. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa113
Murray, Emily T and Lacey, Rebecca and Maughan, Barbara and Sacker, Amanda (2020) Non-parental care in childhood and health up to 30 years later: ONS Longitudinal Study 1971–2011. European Journal of Public Health, 30 (6). pp. 1121-1127. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa113
Murray, Emily T and Lacey, Rebecca and Maughan, Barbara and Sacker, Amanda (2020) Non-parental care in childhood and health up to 30 years later: ONS Longitudinal Study 1971–2011. European Journal of Public Health, 30 (6). pp. 1121-1127. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa113
Abstract
Background: Children who spend time in non-parental care report worse health later in life on average, but less is known about differences by type of care. We examined whether self-rated health of adults who had been in non-parental care up to 30 years later varied by type of care. Methods: We used longitudinal data from the office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study. Participants were aged <18 and never-married at baseline of each census year from 1971 to 2001. Separately for each follow-up period (10, 20 and 30 years later), multi-level logistic regression was used to compare self-rated health outcomes by different care types. Results: For combined census years, sample sizes were 157 896 dependent children with 10 years of follow-up, 166 844 with 20 years of follow-up and 173 801 with 30 years of follow-up. For all follow-up cohorts, longitudinal study members who had been in care in childhood, had higher odds of rating their health as 'not good' vs. 'good'; with highest odds for residential care. For example, 10-year follow-up odds ratios were 3.5 (95% confidence interval: 2.2-5.6) for residential care, 2.1 (1.7-2.5) for relative households and 2.6 (2.1-3.3) for non-relative households, compared with parental households after adjustment for childhood demographics. Associations were weakest for 10-year, and strongest for 20-year, follow-up. Additional adjustment for childhood social circumstances reduced, but did not eliminate, associations. Conclusion: Decades after children and young people are placed in care, they are still more likely to report worse health than children who grew up in a parental household.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Logistic Models; Odds Ratio; Longitudinal Studies; Family Characteristics; Parents; Adolescent; Adult; Child |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health > Health and Social Care, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 07 May 2025 12:59 |
Last Modified: | 07 May 2025 13:00 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/36786 |
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