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Kinship care re-visited: Using Census 2011 Microdata to Examine and Map the Extent and Nature of Kinship Care Households in the UK

重新审视亲属照护：利用 2011 年人口普查微观数据检查和绘制英国亲属照护家庭的范围和性质

基本信息

批准号：
ES/K008587/1
负责人：
Dinithi Wijedasa
金额：
$ 20.38万
依托单位：
University of Bristol
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2014 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FK008587%2F1
关键词：
Kinship care re visited Using

项目摘要

The research project will use microdata from the 2011 Census to provide nationally representative, reliable statistics and maps on the distribution and characteristics of kinship care households in the four countries of the UK. It will also work directly with various stakeholders to map a way forward in addressing the needs of these kinship families. The most recent estimates of kinship care through analyses of the 2001 Census here at the Hadley Centre found that around 1 in 77 children in the UK were living with relatives or friends, otherwise known as kinship care. Although perceived as better than non- relative foster care, many children in kinship care experience mental health and behavioural difficulties due to previous experiences of maltreatment; most live in poverty and deprivation; and carers, who are mainly grandparents, are also more likely to suffer from physical and mental health concerns. Support and services from local authorities is most likely when the kinship carers are registered as foster carers, although in the most recent estimates, this constituted only around 5% of the 173,200 children living with relatives in the UK. All four UK Governments have acknowledged the need to support all kinship families. However, service provision remains very patchy and concerns have been raised about the extent of the needs of kinship families that are not being met through Government interventions. The effects of social and demographic changes in the UK such as the economic downturn and patterns of migration, may all have contributed to a changed distribution of kinship care to that seen with the 2001 Census. Furthermore, one of the main findings of the previous Census analyses was that the characteristics of kinship carers, for example the carer type (grandparent/sibling) and ethnicity, varied between and within the four UK countries, although these differences were not explored in great detail. Therefore, this research will conduct more in-depth analyses of the 2011 Census microdata to explore these differences between and within the four UK countries and also compare children growing in kinship care to those living with at least one parent. This in-depth view of kinship care in the UK will be useful to policy makers, practitioners, academics, third sector organisations lobbying for and supporting kinship families, as well as organisations campaigning against child poverty (Family Rights Group, Grandparents' Association, Grandparents Plus, Barnardo's, Office of the Children's Commissioner, Save the Children and UNICEF). All outputs from the study will be made available freely through the project website and other social media platforms. Through the establishment of a stakeholder advisory group at the outset of the study, and through interviews and a survey, the research will work directly with a variety of key stakeholders (kinship families, academics, policy makers, practitioners and third sector organisations) to discuss the key economic, social and policy challenges of kinship care in the UK and map a way forward. A special effort will be made to reach the general public through media and social network platforms. This would especially be useful in getting the message across to kinship families who are not in receipt of any services from local authorities to inform them of the findings of this study and provide details on whom they could contact for further information and support.

该研究项目将使用2011年人口普查的微观数据，提供具有全国代表性的、可靠的统计数据和地图，说明英国四个国家的亲属照顾家庭的分布和特征。它还将直接与各利益攸关方合作，确定解决这些亲属家庭需求的前进方向。哈德利中心（Hadley Centre）通过对2001年人口普查的分析，对亲属照顾的最新估计发现，在英国，每77名儿童中就有1名与亲戚或朋友住在一起，也就是所谓的亲属照顾。虽然被认为比非亲属寄养更好，但由于以前遭受虐待的经历，许多亲属寄养儿童在心理健康和行为方面存在困难；大多数人生活在贫困和匮乏之中；而照顾孩子的人，主要是祖父母，也更容易出现身心健康问题。当亲属照顾者被登记为寄养照顾者时，地方当局的支持和服务是最有可能的，尽管在最近的估计中，这只占英国与亲戚一起生活的17.32万名儿童的5%左右。所有四个联合王国政府都承认有必要支持所有亲属家庭。然而，提供的服务仍然很不完整，人们对亲属家庭的需要有多大程度没有通过政府干预得到满足表示关切。英国社会和人口变化的影响，如经济衰退和移民模式，可能都导致了亲属照顾分布的变化，这与2001年人口普查中看到的情况不同。此外，先前人口普查分析的主要发现之一是，亲属照顾者的特征，例如照顾者类型（祖父母/兄弟姐妹）和种族，在英国四个国家之间和内部有所不同，尽管这些差异没有得到详细探讨。因此，本研究将对2011年人口普查的微观数据进行更深入的分析，以探索英国四个国家之间和内部的这些差异，并将在亲属关系中成长的儿童与至少与父母一方生活在一起的儿童进行比较。这种对英国亲属关怀的深入看法将有助于政策制定者，从业者，学者，游说和支持亲属家庭的第三部门组织，以及反对儿童贫困的组织（家庭权利组织，祖父母协会，祖父母Plus，巴纳多，儿童专员办公室，拯救儿童和联合国儿童基金会）。该研究的所有成果将通过项目网站和其他社交媒体平台免费提供。通过在研究开始时建立利益相关者咨询小组，并通过访谈和调查，该研究将直接与各种主要利益相关者（亲属家庭，学者，政策制定者，从业者和第三部门组织）合作，讨论英国亲属护理的关键经济，社会和政策挑战，并绘制前进的道路。将特别努力通过媒体和社交网络平台与公众接触。这将特别有助于向没有得到地方当局任何服务的亲属家庭传达信息，告知他们本研究的结果，并提供他们可以联系谁以获得进一步信息和支持的详细信息。