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Adoption as a Support System for Orphaned, Abandoned, or Voluntarily Placed Children

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Abstract

Although adoptions represent a small portion of family growth, from a demographer’s point of view it is significant. The United Nations (2009, p. xv) estimates that approximately 260,000 children are adopted each year; of these in 2001 the United States (U. S.) adopted 127,000 children; next in frequency is China, with 46,000 adoptions and the Russian Federation, with 23,000 adoptions. This book focuses on the U. S. the country that consistently adopts the largest number, approximately 120,000 children annually (Nickman et al., 2005).

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  1. 1.

    Chapter 2 provides historical background of adoptions in the U. S.

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    Refer to Chapter 8: the top twelve receiving countries reporting intercountry adoption statistics to the Hague Convention reported 217 children received from the U. S. from 2005 to 2009.

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    The full text of this convention adopted in 1995 is available online at: http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.pdf%26;cid=69.

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Davis, M.A. (2011). Adoption as a Support System for Orphaned, Abandoned, or Voluntarily Placed Children. In: Children for Families or Families for Children. The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8972-4_1

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