Identifying and Understanding Inequalities in Child Welfare Intervention Rates: Quantitative Methodology Technical Paper

Citation

Bywaters P, Brady G, Jones C, Sparks T, McCartan CJ, Bunting L, Hooper J, Shapira M, Daniel B, Elliott M & Scourfield J (2017) Identifying and Understanding Inequalities in Child Welfare Intervention Rates: Quantitative Methodology Technical Paper. The Nuffield Foundation. University of Stirling. http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/inequalities-child-welfare-intervention-rates

Abstract
This paper outlines and explains the quantitative data methods employed in the project entitled ‘Identifying and Understanding Inequalities in Child Welfare Intervention Rates: comparative studies in four UK countries’ funded by the Nuffield Foundation, 2015-17 (www.covntry.ac.uk/cwip). It is designed to give a detailed overview of the processes involved in collecting, cleaning and analysing with the quantitative data across the four UK countries.

People

Ms Jade Hooper

Research Fellow, Social Work

Dr Marina Shapira

Associate Professor, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

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