United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates of Women (Men) by Age, Annual Averages, Slide Design and Animation copyright 2001, Margaret F. Brinig, College of Law, University of Iowa

Market Solutions for Adoption?

According to the National Survey of Family Growth (1995), approximately 500,000 women currently seek to adopt a child. This is about 3.3 times higher than the number of children available for adoption. (National Survey of Family Growth, 1988) About equal proportions of black and nonblack women sought to adopt in (Bachrach, London, Maza, 1991). However, numerically and proportionately more black than white children are in foster care. U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Administration For Children And Families, Administration On Children, Youth And Families, Children’s Bureau, The AFCARS Report 3 (Current Estimates As Of October 2000 (4).

All MothersDepressionDrug UseDelinquencyMorbidity Child Adopted.669 (2.549)** 7.083E-02 (.474).511 (1.686)* 1.033E-02 (1.547) Child Fostered.246 (.178) (1.949)* (1.964)** 6.882E-02 (2.959)** Child Black.798 (2.205)**.400 (.956) 2.478E-02 (2.688)** Child Asian.464 (1.037).327 (.638) 2.142E-02 (1.904)* Child Native American.883 (2.060)** (4.119)** 5.016E-02 (4.581)** Child Other Race.316 (1.401) (4.996)** 2.441E-02 (4.250** Child Black and Fostered (2.411)** Child Asian and Fostered (.676) Child N.A. and Fostered (.977) Child Other Race and Fostered (2.230)** A total of 403 children were adopted by both parents, of whom 78 were black. A total of 61 children were foster children, of whom 22 were black. The dataset is Richard Udry, and Peter Bearman, The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health from the Carolina Population Center, UNC The URL for the study is