title: Characteristics of children and their families at entry into foster care.
abstract: This study provides an overview of children, their families, and their circumstances at the time that the child entered foster care in Israel. Data regarding a representative sample of 800 children were collected as part of the ongoing operation of a clinical information system set up for Israel's foster care service in 1988. Implications of our findings for interventions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Merrill-Palmer Institute, Detroit, MI 48202.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oyserman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benbenishty
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ben-Rabi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007256:Information Systems; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012737:Sex Factors