title: Adoption trends: 1976.
abstract: The number of children accepted for adoption by voluntary agencies decreased last year, but the number accepted by public agencies showed an increase. Nonwhite homes approved for adoption continued in short supply.
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D000367:Age Factors; D005006:Ethnicity; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014481:United States; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies