ADOPTION STATISTICS

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1. What percentage of adopted children are rated "excellent" or "very good" health?

50%

10%

85%

30%

2. How many adopted children under the age of 5 are read to or sung to every day?

3 out of 4

9 out of 10

2 out of 5

10 out of 10

3. How many adoptive parents say they would "definitely" adopt again?

10 out of 10

9 out of 10

8 out of 10

7 out of 10

4. What percentage of adopted kids over the age of 5 have positive feelings about adoption?

50%

100%

30%

90%

5. Today, what percentage of birth mothers have the right to choose how open they want their adoption to be?

75%

85%

95%

100%

6. Today what percentage of adopted children over the age of 5 know they are adopted?

100%

50%

25%

99%

7. What percentage of private adoptions are transracial?

21%

44%

63%

98%

8. True or False: Children adopted privately are more likely to be engaged in school than are children adopted internationally and through foster care.

True

False