Table 5: Household Fixed Effects Estimation Comparing Foster Children with Host Siblings and Foster Children with Biological Siblings
|
(1) All Households |
(2) Only Households |
(3) Only Households Fostering for Reasons_____ |
(4) Only Households Fostering due Death_______ |
(5) Only Households |
(6) Only Fostering | |
|
Panel A: Foster Children Compared to Host Siblings | ||||||
|
Ever Fostered * After Fostering |
0.015 |
0.362*** |
-0.064* |
0.063 |
0.116** |
-0.143* |
|
[0.029] |
[0.109] |
[0.037] |
[0.103] |
[0.052] |
[0.081] | |
|
Observations |
2682 |
327 |
1332 |
278 |
861 |
382 |
|
Number of Households |
316 |
32 |
193 |
23 |
106 |
57 |
Note: Standard errors in brackets. *, **, *** indicate significance at 10%, 5%, and 1% respectively. Each regression also includes control variables
indicating age, gender, year, and if the child was ever fostered. Panel A, column 1 is copied from Table 4, column 1, and Panel B, column 1 is copied
from Table 4, column 4. All households that fostered a child in 1998, 1999, or 2000 are included in the regressions. The dataset in Panel A consists
of 640 host siblings and 316 foster children measured over 3 years. The dataset in Panel B consists of 994 biological siblings and 316 foster children
measured over 3 years. In Panel A, I exclude 186 observations in which the child is under age 5 in a given year, and in Panel B, I exclude 298
observations for the same reason. Data source: Author’s survey.
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|
Panel B: Foster Children Compared to Biological Siblings | ||
|
Ever Fostered * After Fostering |
0.036 |
0.353*** |
|
Observations |
3632 |
248 |
|
Number of Households |
316 |
32 |
|
-0.025 |
0.169* |
0.093** |
-0.003 |
|
[0.031] |
[0.098] |
[0.046] |
[0.063] |
|
2366 |
208 |
1139 |
588 |
|
193 |
23 |
106 |
57 |