Adoption
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Percent of women aged 18-44 who have ever adopted a child: 1.1%
- Percent of men aged 18-44 who have ever adopted a child: 2.3%
- Percent of women aged 18-44 currently seeking to adopt a child: 1.6%
- Percent of infants who were relinquished for adoption within the first month of life among infants born to never-married women between 1996 and 2002: 1.0%
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