Understanding recurrent care proceedings: Competing risks of how mothers and fathers enter subsequent care proceedings in England
Background Despite progress in understanding mothers' (re)appearances within family justice, fathers have not yet received due attention in research on recurrent care proceedings. Aims • Compare parents' gendered risks of entering subsequent care proceedings; • Map family relation...
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2019-11-01
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| author | Stuart Bedston Yang Hu Georgia Philip Lindsay Youansamouth Marian Brandon Karen Broadhurst John Clifton |
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Despite progress in understanding mothers' (re)appearances within family justice, fathers have not yet received due attention in research on recurrent care proceedings.
Aims
• Compare parents' gendered risks of entering subsequent care proceedings;
• Map family relations underpinning recurrent care proceedings;
• Investigate the role of family members' life course characteristics (e.g. age, number of children) in shaping the risk of returning to court.
Methods
Analysis drew on 2007/08-2017/18 administrative records from the Child and Family Court Advisory and Support Services (Cafcass) in England. From a sample of recurrent parents (N = 24,460), a latent class analysis established profiles of who they returned with. A competing risks analysis of all parents (N = 165,550) modelled the risk of returning into each profile given index characteristics.
Results
Overall rate of return for mothers was 1.7 times that of fathers: 22% after 5 years, compared to 13% for fathers, and 29% and 17% after 10 years, respectively.
Five distinct profiles of recurrent parents were established: 'recurrent family', 'recurrent couple', 're-partnered couple', 'complex recurrence', and 'lone parent'. The vast majority of fathers who entered subsequent proceedings did so as either a part of a recurrent family (41%) or recurrent couple (36%). However, these two profiles represented a much smaller proportion (25% and 19%, respectively) of all recurrent mothers, while the remainder returned with either a new partner or as a lone parent (49%), both with a new child. Complex recurrence represented a small proportion for both mothers and fathers (7% and 11%, respectively). The risk of each of these profiles is characterised by the distinct life course positions of the parent.
Conclusion
The results underscore the value of a relational approach and understanding a parent's position within the life course in social work research towards building a fuller picture of recurrence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6761b74f388e4f93a495ea9a7521a2062023-12-02T10:46:17ZengSwansea UniversityInternational Journal of Population Data Science2399-49082019-11-014310.23889/ijpds.v4i3.1300Understanding recurrent care proceedings: Competing risks of how mothers and fathers enter subsequent care proceedings in EnglandStuart Bedston0Yang Hu1Georgia Philip2Lindsay Youansamouth3Marian Brandon4Karen Broadhurst5John Clifton6Lancaster UniversityLancaster UniversityUniversity of East AngliaLancaster UniversityUniversity of East AngliaLancaster UniversityUniversity of East AngliaBackground Despite progress in understanding mothers' (re)appearances within family justice, fathers have not yet received due attention in research on recurrent care proceedings. Aims • Compare parents' gendered risks of entering subsequent care proceedings; • Map family relations underpinning recurrent care proceedings; • Investigate the role of family members' life course characteristics (e.g. age, number of children) in shaping the risk of returning to court. Methods Analysis drew on 2007/08-2017/18 administrative records from the Child and Family Court Advisory and Support Services (Cafcass) in England. From a sample of recurrent parents (N = 24,460), a latent class analysis established profiles of who they returned with. A competing risks analysis of all parents (N = 165,550) modelled the risk of returning into each profile given index characteristics. Results Overall rate of return for mothers was 1.7 times that of fathers: 22% after 5 years, compared to 13% for fathers, and 29% and 17% after 10 years, respectively. Five distinct profiles of recurrent parents were established: 'recurrent family', 'recurrent couple', 're-partnered couple', 'complex recurrence', and 'lone parent'. The vast majority of fathers who entered subsequent proceedings did so as either a part of a recurrent family (41%) or recurrent couple (36%). However, these two profiles represented a much smaller proportion (25% and 19%, respectively) of all recurrent mothers, while the remainder returned with either a new partner or as a lone parent (49%), both with a new child. Complex recurrence represented a small proportion for both mothers and fathers (7% and 11%, respectively). The risk of each of these profiles is characterised by the distinct life course positions of the parent. Conclusion The results underscore the value of a relational approach and understanding a parent's position within the life course in social work research towards building a fuller picture of recurrence.https://ijpds.org/article/view/1300 |
| spellingShingle | Stuart Bedston Yang Hu Georgia Philip Lindsay Youansamouth Marian Brandon Karen Broadhurst John Clifton Understanding recurrent care proceedings: Competing risks of how mothers and fathers enter subsequent care proceedings in England International Journal of Population Data Science |
| title | Understanding recurrent care proceedings: Competing risks of how mothers and fathers enter subsequent care proceedings in England |
| title_full | Understanding recurrent care proceedings: Competing risks of how mothers and fathers enter subsequent care proceedings in England |
| title_fullStr | Understanding recurrent care proceedings: Competing risks of how mothers and fathers enter subsequent care proceedings in England |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding recurrent care proceedings: Competing risks of how mothers and fathers enter subsequent care proceedings in England |
| title_short | Understanding recurrent care proceedings: Competing risks of how mothers and fathers enter subsequent care proceedings in England |
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