| Literature DB >> 27088068 |
Aakanksha Sinha1, Margaret Lombe1, Leia Y Saltzman1, Kathryn Whetten2, Rachel Whetten2.
Abstract
India has more than 25 million orphan and abandoned children (UNICEF, 2012). The burden of care for these OAC is on caregivers that are often ill equipped to meet their needs due to inadequate assets. Previous studies suggest that in communities with limited resources, OAC residing with non-biological caregivers are more at risk than those fostered by a biological parent. This study explores the association of caregiver and child characteristics with OAC educational outcome in India. The analysis was conducted using hierarchical logistic regression. The findings have implications for practice and policy in the global child welfare field.Entities:
Keywords: Caregivers; Community-based care; Education; Orphan and Abandoned Children; Poverty; informal care
Year: 2016 PMID： 27088068 PMCID： PMC4830269 DOI： 10.1007/s40609-016-0043-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Glob Soc Welf ISSN： 2196-8799