title: Adoptees and relatives who wish to contact one another: the Adoption Contact Register.
abstract: The article describes the background to the introduction of the Adoption Contact Register, what it does, and the numbers of adoptees and relatives who have used it since 1991. The article also considers the profile of relationships of the relatives to the adoptees--and compares the profile of these relationships amongst successful matches with the profile of relationships amongst all relatives on the Register.
authors.affiliation: Demography and Health, Registration Divisions, Office for National Statistics.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haskey
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Errington
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology*; D001719:Birth Certificates; D003142:Communication; D003625:Data Collection; D019992:Databases as Topic / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004282:Documentation; D004739:England; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014852:Wales