A Good Place to Live? On Municipality Characteristics and Children’s Placement Risk

Previous studies find substantial community‐level differences in out‐of‐home placement rates. Apart from geographical factors, however, it remains unclear which community‐level factors explain differences in placement rates. This article extends previous research by analyzing whether community‐level variations in placement rates are explained by four alternative municipal‐level factors: formal support, social support, social disorganization, and local political preferences. The study analyzes data from Danish administrative registers and finds that municipal differences in levels of formal support, social support, and social disorganization affect out‐of‐home placement rates.