Placement decisions and disparities among aboriginal children: Further analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect part A: Comparisons of the 1998 and 2003 surveys

Re-examining Canadian child welfare placement decisions with CIS-2003 data and multi-level models, this study found that agencies with a higher proportion of investigations involving Aboriginal children were more likely to place children in out-of-home care. Unlike the earlier 1998 analysis, a child’s individual Aboriginal status also independently predicted placement. The authors call for more research on these individual and organizational factors that is sensitive to differences among First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, and they note the results don’t apply to Québec because its data was excluded.