5.4.1 Out-of-home-care (OOHC)

The data on OOHC identify persons who were removed at some point from their family of origin by the Department of Community Services after being identified as a child at risk. They may have been placed in foster care, kinship care or a group home and may have had a number of these episodes as children.

Overall:

An adjusted Odds Ratio test shows that, after adjusting for age and sex, Indigenous people in the cohort are 2.6 (p<0.0001, 95% CI[2.1,3.4]) times more likely to have been in OOHC compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts, with all other factors being equal.

Complex needs specific:

An adjusted Odds Ratio test shows that, after adjusting for age and sex, Indigenous people with complex needs in the cohort are 2.5 (p<0.0001, 95% CI[1.9,3.3]) times more likely to have been in OOHC compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts, with all other factors being equal.