Publication year: 2011
Source: Children and Youth Services Review, Available online 6 October 2011
Julie Selwyn, Shailen Nandy
Highlights
► Analysis of the 2001 UK Population Census. ► Estimated 1 in every 77 children were being brought up by a relative. ► Majority of the arrangements were informal. ► Surprised to find 38% of children living with a sibling. ► Siblings were mainly young single women, poorly educated and living in poverty.