Characterizing newborn and older infant entries into care in England between 2006 and 2014
This study examined records for 42,000 children entering care in infancy in England. For children entering before April 2010, it followed care pathways for four years. Adoption occurred during follow-up for 60% of those entering in their first week and 37% of older infants. Other children returned to parents or extended family. About one in six followed particularly unstable care pathways.
Limitations: Administrative records, not adoptees’ own accounts. The study includes all infant care entrants, not only adoptees. Placement outcomes do not establish wellbeing, and group differences are observational.
- Research type
- Longitudinal administrative data analysis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: children
Adoption context: Adoption from care / permanent family placement
Programme: England infant care-entry administrative cohort (2006–2014)
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: administrative data, adoption from care, longitudinal research
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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