Racial Family Configurations and Inequalities in Private School Enrollment Among Adopted Children

Bibliographic Data

ID2348178
AuthorsK J A Thomas (0000-0003-1900-643X, Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA, corresponding author), Ashley Larsen Gibby (0000-0002-0015-5892, Brigham Young University)
Year2022
Volume43
Issue6
Pages1436-1459
Publication date2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x211018251
PMID38322181
OpenAlexW3164432390
LanguageEN
References cited44

This study uses data from the American Community Survey to examine the relationship between race, family configurations, and inequalities in private school enrollment among adoptees. We find that private school enrollment is higher in transracial than in same-race families. This disparity is driven by the outcomes of adoptees in transracial families with zero rather than one same-race parent. Among adoptees themselves, there are diverging patterns of racial stratification in same-race and transracial families. White adoptees in same-race families are more likely to be enrolled in private school than Black, Asian, or Hispanic adoptees in such families. However, among adoptees in transracial families, the highest odds of private school enrollment are found among Asians. Finally, we argue that our findings have important implications for understanding how kinship cues, compensation, and social disadvantage shape parental investment in adopted children

Developmental psychology · Disadvantage · Family income · Inequality · Kinship · Logistic regression · Odds · Political science · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology

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