Stability and change in the field of residential care for children. On ownership structure, treatment ideas and institutional logics

Figures & data

Table 1. Proportion of units and beds in different categories of RCU.

	Share of units (%)		Share of beds (%)
	2014 (n = 385)	2017 (n = 450)	2014 (n = 3654)	2017 (n = 4527)
For profit companies (total)	77.1	75.7	73.5	72.2
Small companies	53.5	44.1	51,2	42.6
Large companies (3 or more units)	23.6	31.6	22.3	29.6
Non-profit organisations	4.9	4.2	6.4	5.3
Municipal (total)	18.0	20.1	20.1	22.5

Sources: Register run by IVO, data collected in April 2014 and January 2017, see also Meagher et al. (2016).

Meagher, G., T. Lundström, M. Sallnäs, and S. Wiklund. 2016. “Big Business in a Thin Market: Understanding the Privatization of Residential Care for Children and Youth in Sweden.” Social Policy and Administration 50: 805–823. doi:10.1111/spol.12172.

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