Out‐of‐home care among immigrant children in Sweden: a national cohort study

摘要: We used data from several national registers for ten entire birth cohorts (n > 1 million) to examine the representation of first generation immigrant children among time entries into out-of-home care (foster or residential care) at ages 7–12 and 13–17. Logistic regression models were adjust results socioeconomic background factors. Immigrant categorised in six groups relating country/continent. Compared with Swedish-born peers, non-European countries had between two- three-fold sex birth-year adjusted odds being placed 7–12. After adjustments five variables, none these overrisks remained. Instead there was a tendency towards associated reduced risks, statistically significant born non-Nordic European countries. six-fold age entering during adolescence. adjusting background, only Sub-Saharan Africa Asia outside Middle East 13–17 (odds ratio = 1.5).