Article #11 statistics

I found some statistics that I thought were interesting.

• It is estimated that about 1 million children in the US live with adoptive parents. 2-4% of families include an adopted child.
• 33% of children from foster care are adopted by single parents.
• single parents adopting continues to increase
• most single parents adopting are female, and to adopt an older child who they haven't fostered.
• applicants are self-selective.
• tend to adopt children with special needs
• tend to have more difficulty completing adoptions. 39% making 3 or 4 attempts compared to 18% couples.
• adjustment for children with single parents is the same for children with a couple
• children in single parent homes had fewer problems then those in a couple home.
• 2% of unmarried women place their children up for adoption
• Women who voluntarily place their children up for adoption most likely have greater educational goals
• Adoption planning women often come from higher socioeconomic backgrounds and from intact families that support the adoption
• women whose mother had at least one year of college were 3 times as likely to put their children up for adoption than those whose mother didn't finish high school
• numbers on adoption dropped once abortion was legalized
  
• very few pregnant teens choose to place their children for adoption
• 51% give birth 35% abortions 14% miscarry, 1% place child for adoption