Former foster youth: Employment outcomes up to age 30

C. Joy Stewart, Hye-Chung Kum, Richard P. Barth and Dean F. Duncan

Children and Youth Services Review, 2014, vol. 36, issue C, 220-229

Abstract: A youth's departure from home marks the beginning of adulthood. Studies of former foster youth who aged out of care showed that these youth generally had poor employment outcomes in the period between ages 18 and 21. Using linked child welfare, wage and public assistance administrative data from three states (California, Minnesota and North Carolina), we investigated whether or not age-out youth continue to experience less employment and significantly lower earnings compared to their peers even into their mid-twenties in all three states and through the late twenties in North Carolina. The current study is the first to follow employment outcomes for age-out youth longitudinally up to age 30. We also assessed the significance of demographic, placement history and other factors on the employment and earnings of youth who aged out of foster care.

Keywords: Foster youth; Age out; Employment; Longitudinal; Survival; Event history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.11.024

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