title: After adoption: dissolution or permanence?
abstract: Results are presented on the whereabouts of 516 adopted children, based on a random sample of children adopted from placement in New York City in 1996. Data from interviews with adoptive parents were augmented by information from adoption subsidy records and state child tracking files, as well as interviews with caregivers of children whose adoptive parents were deceased. There were few dissolutions, but postadoption service needs were many.
authors.affiliation: Ehrenkranz School of Social Work, New York University, NY 1003-6654, USA.
authors.forename: Trudy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Festinger
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009519:New York City; D010290:Parents; D011897:Random Allocation; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*