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1. Berzin, Stephanie Cosner
Understanding Foster Youth Outcomes: Is Propensity Scoring Better Than Traditional Methods?
Research on Social Work Practice 20,1 (January 2010): 100-111.
Also: http://rsw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/1/100
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Children, Well-Being; Foster Care; Propensity Scores

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Objectives: This study seeks to examine the relationship between foster care and outcomes using multiple comparison methods to account for factors that put foster youth at risk independent of care. Methods: Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, matching, propensity scoring, and comparisons to the general population are used to examine whether results differ depending on the matching strategy. Results: Propensity scoring produces a better model and more closely matched groups than traditional matching. No group differences emerge in outcomes using propensity scoring; however, differences emerge in other schemes. Conclusions: When examining outcomes for foster youth, it is important to consider multiple matching strategies, as this may affect results. Propensity scoring may be one approach to inform child welfare practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Berzin, Stephanie Cosner. "Understanding Foster Youth Outcomes: Is Propensity Scoring Better Than Traditional Methods?" Research on Social Work Practice 20,1 (January 2010): 100-111.