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Child Welfare: Ethnic/Racial Disproportionality and Disparity

Child Welfare: Ethnic/Racial Disproportionality and Disparity. Barbara Needell, MSW, PhD Center for Social Services Research University of California at Berkeley Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Los Angeles, CA

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Child Welfare: Ethnic/Racial Disproportionality and Disparity

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  1. Child Welfare:Ethnic/Racial Disproportionality and Disparity Barbara Needell, MSW, PhD Center for Social Services Research University of California at Berkeley Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Los Angeles, CA The Performance Indicators Project at CSSR is supported by the California Department of Social Services and the Stuart Foundation

  2. 2007California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values & Other Race Excluded from % Calculations, <18 years of Age)

  3. 2007California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values & Other Race Excluded from % Calculations, <18 years of Age)

  4. 2007California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values & Other Race Excluded from % Calculations, <18 years of Age)

  5. 2007California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values & Other Race Excluded from % Calculations, <18 years of Age)

  6. 2007California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values & Other Race Excluded from % Calculations, <18 years of Age)

  7. 2007California:Ethnicity and Path through the Child Welfare System (Missing Values & Other Race Excluded from % Calculations, <18 years of Age)

  8. Definitions… • Disproportionality: when a group makes up a proportion of those experiencing some event that is higher or lower than that group’s proportion of the population • Disparity:a comparison of one group (e.g, regarding disproportionality, services, outcomes) to another group

  9. 2007California:Disparity Index Entry Disparity (relative to overall population) Black Disproportionality 18.6% = 3.0 6.2% White Disproportionality 26.2% = 0.8 32.7% Disparity Index 3.0 = 3.7 0.8

  10. 2007California:Disparity Index Exit Disparity (relative to in care population) Black Disproportionality 18.6% = 0.7 26.3% White Disproportionality 27.3% = 1.1 25.3% Disparity Index 0.7 = 0.6 1.1

  11. Disparity Matrix: Indices (view 1)

  12. Disparity Matrix: Indices (view 2)

  13. 2007California:Racial Disparity Indices (group compared to White) Black Native American Hispanic Asian/PI Underrepresented 1.00 Overrepresented

  14. Disparity Index Adjustments: the Weighted Risk Ratio • When comparing the disparity of one group compared to all other groups in localities within a state an adjustment is required. Why? The level of disparity is driven in part by the underlying racial composition of the locality. • Nancy Rolock at the Children and Family Research Center (University of Illinois) has proposed the use of a weighted risk ratio (drawn from use in education developed by Westat), that weights the ratios by the overall racial composition of the state. More to come— (312) 641-2505 ext. 24 rolock@uiuc.edu • The adjustment is not required when comparing one group to another distinct group.

  15. Barbara Needell bneedell@berkeley.edu 510.642.1893 510.290.6334 (pcs) CSSR.BERKELEY.EDU/UCB_CHILDWELFARE Needell, B., Webster, D., Armijo, M., Lee, S., Dawson, W., Magruder, J., Exel, M., Glasser, T., Williams, D., Zimmerman, K., Simon, V., Putnam-Hornstein, E., Frerer, K., Ataie, Y., Winn, A., Blumberg, R., & Cuccaro-Alamin, S. (2008).

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