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abstract: 'This article addresses some potential limitations of key findings from
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recent research into inequalities in children''s social services by
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providing additional evidence from multilevel models that suggest the
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socioeconomic social gradient and `Inverse Intervention Law'' in
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children''s services interventions are statistically significant after
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controlling for possible confounding spatial and population effects.
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Multilevel negative binomial regression models are presented using
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English child welfare data to predict the following intervention rates
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at lower super output area-level: Child in Need (n = 2707, middle super
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output area {[}MSOA] n = 543, local authority {[}LA] n = 13); Child
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Protection Plan (n = 4115, MSOA n = 837, LA n = 18); and Children Looked
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After (n = 4115, MSOA n = 837, LA n = 18). We find strong evidence
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supporting the existence of a steep socioeconomic social gradient in
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child welfare interventions. Furthermore, we find certain local
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authority contexts exacerbate this social gradient. Contexts of low
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overall deprivation and high income inequality are associated with
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greater socioeconomic inequalities in neighbourhood intervention rates.
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The relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and children looked
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after rates is almost five times stronger in local authorities with
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these characteristics than it is in local authorities with high overall
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deprivation and low income inequality. We argue that social policy
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responses addressing structural determinants of child welfare
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inequalities are needed, and that strategies to reduce the numbers of
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children taken into care must address underlying poverty and income
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inequality at both a local and national level.'
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affiliation: 'Webb, C (Corresponding Author), Univ Sheffield, Sheffield, S Yorkshire,
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England.
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Webb, Calum; Morris, Kate, Univ Sheffield, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England.
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Bywaters, Paul, Huddersfield Univ, Huddersfield, W Yorkshire, England.
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Scourfield, Jonathan, Cardiff Univ, Cardiff, Wales.
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McCartan, Claire; Bunting, Lisa; Davidson, Gavin, Queens Univ Belfast, Belfast,
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Antrim, North Ireland.'
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article-number: '104849'
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author: Webb, Calum and Bywaters, Paul and Scourfield, Jonathan and McCartan, Claire
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and Bunting, Lisa and Davidson, Gavin and Morris, Kate
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author-email: c.j.webb@sheffield.ac.uk
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author_list:
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- family: Webb
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given: Calum
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- family: Bywaters
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given: Paul
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- family: Scourfield
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given: Jonathan
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- family: McCartan
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given: Claire
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- family: Bunting
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given: Lisa
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- family: Davidson
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given: Gavin
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- family: Morris
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given: Kate
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104849
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eissn: 1873-7765
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files: []
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issn: 0190-7409
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journal: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
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keywords: 'Social work; Child protection; Deprivation; Income inequality;
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Children''s social care'
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keywords-plus: 'INCOME INEQUALITY; TERRITORIAL STIGMATIZATION; PROTECTION; MALTREATMENT;
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INEQUITIES; POVERTY; NEGLECT; ABUSE'
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language: English
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month: APR
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number-of-cited-references: '68'
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orcid-numbers: 'Scourfield, Jonathan/0000-0001-6218-8158
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Davidson, Gavin/0000-0001-6003-0170
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Bunting, Lisa/0000-0002-1857-0074
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Bywaters, Paul/0000-0002-6375-6222
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Webb, Calum/0000-0001-7521-2110
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McCartan, Claire/0000-0002-2341-9715'
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papis_id: b7f27b48ace62d16d21f7ec36763eae6
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ref: Webb2020untanglingchild
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researcherid-numbers: 'Scourfield, Jonathan B/A-3464-2012
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Webb, Calum/AAM-2424-2020
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'
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times-cited: '23'
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title: Untangling child welfare inequalities and the `Inverse Intervention Law' in
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England
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000521515400040
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '9'
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volume: '111'
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web-of-science-categories: Family Studies; Social Work
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year: '2020'
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