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

Children for Families or Families for Children: Adoption as a Support System for Orphaned,... [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).] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
ISBN
978-90-481-8971-7
Pages
3 –24
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-8972-4_1
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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).]

Published: Jul 6, 2011

Keywords: Foster Care; Foster Child; Adoptive Parent; Biological Child; Sibling Group

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