By Allen W. Harden of the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago and Rebecca Clark and Karen Maguire of The Urban Institute for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, June 20, 1997
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume I. NARRATIVE REPORTS
Table of Contents
Review of Prior Research on Formal and Informal Kinship Care
Substantive Report Sections:
I. Children in Kin Care, 1983-1994: Evidence from the Current Population Survey
II. Kinship Care and Child Living Arrangements in the 1990 United States Census
III. Formal and Informal Kinship Care: Levels and Patterns in Four States
IV. Formal and Informal Kinship Care Dynamics in Illinois
V. Summary, Observations,
and Suggestions
Volume II. TABLES AND FIGURES
Section I: Children in Kin Care, 1983-1994.
Table 1.1 U.S. Children Living in Kin Care Arrangements, 1983-93
Table 1.2 Percentage of U.S. Children in Kin Care, 1983-93
Figure 1.1 Race/Ethnicity for Kin-Care and Parent-Care Children, 1983-85 and 1992-94
Figure 1.2 Racial/Ethnic Distributions of Kin Care Children and Parent Care Children, Comparisons 1983-85 and 1992-94
Figure 1.3 Age of Kin-Care and Parent-Care Children, 1983-85 and 1992-94
Figure 1.4 Age Distribution of Kin Care Children and Parent Care Children, Comparison of 1983-85 to 1992-94
Table 1.3 Personal Characteristics of Children in Kin Care and Parent Care, 1983-94
Table 1.4 Caregiver Characteristics for Children in Kin and Parent Care, 1983-94
Table 1.5 Poverty Status and Use of Services by Kin Care and Parent Care Families, 1983-94
Figure 1.5 Regional Distribution of Kin-Care and Parent-Care Children, 1983-85 and 1992-94
Figure 1.6 Metro/Non-Metro Distribution of Kin Care and Parent Care Children, 1983-85 and 1992-94
Figure 1.7 Marital Status of the Caregivers of Kin Care and Parent Care Children, 1983-85 and 1992-94
Figure 1.8 Age of Female Caregiver, Kin-Care and Parent-Care Children, 1983-85 and 1992-94
Figure 1.9 Educational Attainment of Best Educated Caregiver, Kin-Care and Parent-Care Children, 1983-85 and 1992-94
Figure 1.10 Labor Force Status of Caregiver, Kin-Care and Parent-Care Children, 1983-85 and 1992-94
Figure 1.11 Poverty Status of Kin Care and Paren Care Children, 1992-94
Figure 1.12 Use of Government Assistance, Kin-Care and Parent-Care Children, 1992-94
Table 1.6 Personal Characteristics of Children in Kin Care, Foster Care, and Parent Care, 1992-94
Table 1.7 Caregiver Characteristics of Children in Kin Care, Foster Care, and Parent Care, 1992-94
Table 1.8 Poverty Status and Use of Services for Kin Care, Foster Care, and Parent Care Families, 1992-94
Table 1.9 Poverty Status and Family
Earnings for Children in Kin Care and Foster Care, 1992-94
Section II: Kinship Care and Child Living Arrangements
Table 2.1 Child Living Arrangements, U.S. Total: 1990 Census.
Figure 2.1 Living Arrangements of Children for Age Group, U.S. Total, 1990.
Table 2.2a Living Arrangements of Children in U.S. States, 1990. All Children ages 0-17.
Table 2.2b Living Arrangements of Children in U.S. States, 1990. Young Children ages 0-5.
Table 2.2c Living Arrangements of Children in U.S. States, 1990. Older Children ages 6-17.
Table 2.3 Living Arrangements of U.S. Children by State and Region, 1990.
Table 2.4 Living Arrangements of U.S. Children by Region, 1990.
Table 2.5 Correlation Matrix of Child
Living Arrangement Distribution for U.S. States, 1990
Section III: Formal and Informal Kinship Care in Four States
Figure 3.1 Foster Care Caseloads by Type of Care, Four States.
Table 3.1 Living Arrangements of Children in Four States, 1990.
Table 3.2a Living Arrangements of Children Ages 0-5 in Four States, 1990.
Table 3.2b Living Arrangements of Children Ages 6-17 in Four States, 1990.
Figure 3.2 Kinship Care Prevalence Rates, Four States, 1990.
Figure 3.3 Percent Distribution of Child Kinship Living Arrangements by Type and Age Four States, 1990.
Table 3.3 Living Arrangement and Kinship Care by County. Four States, 1990.
Figure 3.4 Kinship Prevalence by Type and Age in Four States by Region
Table 3.4 Children Ages 0-14 in Kinship Care Arrangements by Metro Status, Age Group, and Race/Ethnicity of Child, 1994.
Table 3.5 Formal Kinship Foster Care Populations and Prevalence Rates by Race and Region for Four States, 1990.
Figure 3.5 Prevalence Rates for
Formal Kinship Foster Care by Race and Region, Four States, 1990.
Section IV: Formal and Informal Kinship Care Dynamics in Illinois
Table 4.1 Illinois Children in Selected Living Arrangements, 1990-1995. Counts and Annual percentage changes.
Table 4.2 Children by Selected Living Arrangements: Illinois, 1990 and 1995. Counts, Category percentages, population percentages.
Figure 4.1 Race/Subregion Distribution of Children in Kinship and Comparison Care Settings: Illinois
Figure 4.2 Prevalence of Kinship Care in Illinois by Race, Subregion, and Type of Kinship Setting.
Table 4.3 Characteristics of Children Living in Kinship Care by Type of Care Arrangement: Illinois, 1990.
Table 4.4 Household Characteristics of Children in AFDC Relative and Parent Grant Units
Figure 4.3 Age Distribution of Primary Caretaker by Relationship of Child to Grantee: Illinois AFDC
Table 4.5 Annual Movements between Public Aid and Child Welfare Statuses, Illinois. Average annual (June to June) transitions, 1990-91 through 1994-95.
Table 4.6 Transitions From Living Arrangement Status Groups, Illinois.
Table 4.7 Composition of Living Arrangement Status Groups.
Table 4.8 Characteristics of Kinship
Care Transition Groups, Illinois 1990-1995 Pooled Data.
Appendix 1 Describing Kinship Care from Current Population Survey Data
(Supplemental Material to Section I)
Appendix 2 Obtaining Living Arrangement Categories from STF3 Data Tables
(Supplemental Material to Section II)
Appendix 3 Extended County-level Indicators for Four States,
California, Illinois, Missouri, and New York
(Addendum Tables for Section III)
