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Peer reviewedStolley, Kathy S. – Future of Children, 1993
Provides an overview of adoption statistics and describes data available regarding adoption arrangements and the characteristics of parents who relinquish children, of children who are adopted or in substitute care, and of adults who seek to adopt. Recommends the establishment of a national data collection system for adoption statistics.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Biological Parents, Children
Peer reviewedLewit, Eugene M. – Future of Children, 1993
Examines the incidence of child poverty in the United States, criticisms of official poverty thresholds, and the influence of family structure and race on child poverty. Recent data show that 60% of poor children lived in families headed by single females and that the majority of African-American children will experience poverty at some point in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Census Figures, Children, Economic Factors
