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

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2022

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ISSN: 15525481

DOI: 10.1177/0192513X211018251

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Abstract: 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.

Url: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0192513X211018251

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Authors: Thomas, Kevin J.A.; Gibby, Ashley Larsen

Periodical (Full): Journal of Family Issues

Issue: 6

Volume: 43

Pages: 1436-1459

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Family and Marriage, Race and Ethnicity

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