Who wants to adopt and who wants to be adopted
A sample of American families and sub-Saharan African orphans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11490341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Balding (Peking University, corresponding author), Yan Feng (0000-0003-4436-1126), Feng Yan (0000-0002-7870-2104, Peking University), Armita Atashband (Peking University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1320-1333 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Policy and Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-1080 • E-ISSN: 1460-2237 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapol/czv002 |
| PMID | 25769738 |
| OpenAlex | W3122752040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
The debate between pro- and anti-international adoption advocates relies heavily on rhetoric and little on data analysis. To better understand the state of orphans and potential adopters in this debate, we utilize the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) and the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to study who adopts internationally and the status of orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa. According to NSFG data adopters are church going, highly educated, stable families aware of the challenges faced by international adoption, with high rates of infertility and rates of child abuse half the population average. According to the DHS data, orphans in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from significantly higher deprivation, reduced schooling and increased levels of stunting and underweight reported than their cohort. Using this data, we estimate conservatively that that 1 50 000 orphans from our sample of sub-Saharan African countries died from their 5-year birth cohort. Given the large number of families seeking to adopt and the high number of orphan deaths, it seems counterproductive to restrict international adoptions given the significantly lower risks faced by children in adopted families compared with remaining orphaned.
Cohort · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Family planning · National Survey of Family Growth · Political science · Population · Sample (material) · Sociology · Survey sampling · Underweight · Child Welfare and Adoption · Demography · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
International estimates of infertility prevalence and treatment-seeking
Livelihoods, care and the familial relations of orphans in eastern Africa
Prevalence and predictors of HIV-related stigma among institutional- and community-based caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children living in five less-wealthy countries
Health of Children Adopted from Ethiopia
Attachment and caregiving behavioral systems in intercountry adoption
Orphan competent communities
Ready to Adopt
Orphanhood and the Living Arrangements of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Impact of Prime Age Adult Mortality on Child Survival and Growth in Rural Ethiopia
The impact of parental death on school outcomes
Orphans in Africa
The African Orphan Crisis and International Adoption
Social policy approaches to intercountry adoption
Family context for emotional recovery in internationally adopted children
Beyond preadoptive risk
Beyond the 'Orphan Burden
Dimensions of the emerging orphan crisis in sub-Saharan Africa
Children, Aids and the politics of orphan care in Ethiopia
Adoption as a Means of Family Formation
Who Adopts
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |