Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (6)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by CARR-HILL, R. A.
Right arrow Articles by SMITH, P. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© British Association of Social Workers

The Determinants of Expenditure on Children's Personal Social Services

ROY A. CARR-HILL, NIGEL RICE and PETER C. SMITH1

Roy Carr-Hill is Reader in the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York

Nigel Rice is Research Fellow in the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York

Peter Smith is Professor of Economics at the University of York

1 Peter C. Smith, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York YO1 5DD, UK. E-mail: pcsl{at}york.ac.ukAbstract

Summary

This paper reports the results of a statistical study of the determinants of expenditure on children's social services in twenty-five local authorities in England. The study was commissioned as part of the Government's review of Standard Spending Assessments for Personal Social Services. The study combined data from a variety of sources, including local authority registers, to infer the distribution of expenditure between 1,036 small areas with populations of about 10,000. Multilevel statistical techniques were used, and suggested that the principal determinants of expenditure are children in lone parent families, children in families of income support claimants, children living in flats, children with limiting long-standing illness, and population density. As well as these results, the study yielded important insights into potential improvements for Standard Spending Assessment methodology.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Br J Soc WorkHome page
J. Dickens, D. Howell, J. Thoburn, and G. Schofield
Children Starting to be Looked After by Local Authorities in England: An Analysis of Inter-authority Variation and Case-centred Decision Making
Br. J. Soc. Work, June 1, 2007; 37(4): 597 - 617.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.