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ERIC Number: EJ503671
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4021
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Adoption Practice in Canada: Emerging Trends and Challenges.
Sobol, Michael P.; Daly, Kerry
Child Welfare, v74 n3 p655-77 May-Jun 1995
Reports the results of the National Adoption Study of Canada (NAS), which is based on demographic adoption statistics and a survey of adoption agencies and practitioners. The NAS found that between 1981 and 1990 the number of adoptions decreased by 47% and that private adoptions are accounting for an ever-increasing proportion of infant placements. (MDM)
Descriptors: Adoption, Canada Natives, Children, Demography, Foreign Countries, Infants, National Surveys, Public Policy, Sociocultural Patterns, Transracial Adoption, Trend Analysis, Welfare Agencies
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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