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Title: How Changes in Sending Countries Influenced Patterns of Interracial Families Through Intercountry Adoption

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

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ISSN: 1092-6755

DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2019.1579133

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Abstract: The racial characteristics of children adopted from abroad by American parents have fluctuated sharply over time in response to changing legislation and attitudes toward intercountry adoptions in the United States and the sending countries. This study investigates how the likelihood of parents adopting a White versus non-White child varies by the characteristics of the adopted child, the parents, and the household. Our analyses, using the 2008–2012 American Community Survey, show that parents consider the child's age, sex, and health; the presence of adopted and biologically related children in the household; and shifts in the availability of children across major sending countries.

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10926755.2019.1579133

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Authors: Ishizawa, Hiromi; Kubo, Kazuyo; Stevens, Gillian

Periodical (Full): Adoption Quarterly

Issue: 4

Volume: 21

Pages: 270-287

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Other, Race and Ethnicity

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