After Care: The Education and Occupation of Adults Who Have Been in Care

(1994) - Sin Yi Cheung, Anthony Heath

Journal: Oxford Review of Education
Link:: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1050889
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Abstract

Data fromthe1981 and 1991 sweepsoftheNationalChildDevelopment Studyare usedto exploretheeducationaql ualificationasnd thesubsequenotccupations ofpeoplewhohadexperiencecdareas childrenT. heresultcsonfirmpreviousinvestigations whichshowthatpeoplewhohavebeenin carehavemuchlowereducationaqlualifications thantheirpeerswhohaveneverbeenin care;theyalsoshowthattheyhavehigherisks ofunemploymeanntd, iftheyobtainjobs,aremorelikelytobein lower-levjeolbs. These resultds o not,howevera,pplyequallyto all peoplewhohave everbeenin care.People whoexperiencesdhortperiodsofcarebeforteheage ofoneperformcloseto thenational average,whileoneofthemostdisadvantagegdroupsarepeoplewhocameintocarebefore elevenyearsofageand didnotleavecareuntilaftereleven.Thisgrouptypicallryemained incareforaroundnineyears,and theynotonlyhad loweducationaalttainmentbsutalso had evenloweroccupationaalttainmentshanwouldhavebeenexpectegdiventheirlack of qualifications.

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