MORE COOL ADOPTION FACTS

Some of these answers might surprise you!

1. True or False: There are more orphans globally than the population of UK and France combined.

True

False

2. Americans adopting internationally have decreased. How much is that decrease since 2004?

Nearly 80%

Nearly 50%

Nearly 30%

Less than 10%

3. What year did Russia ban adoptions to the U.S.?

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

This is a trick question. Russia didn't ban adoptions to the U.S.

4. What country has the highest recorded adoption rate?

South Korea

China

Ethiopia

Ukraine

5. Why was the Hague Convention created?

To raise money for underprivileged children in developing countries

To prevent trafficking of children

To create jobs

To prevent Americans from getting most of the orphans

6. True or False: The United States adopts more children, not only internationally but also domestically, than the rest of the world combined

True

False

7. What percentage of children adopted domestically through foster care are infants?

51%

33%

14%

2%

8. What is true about closed adoption?

The birth parents won't ever want anything to do with the child they placed

The birth parents are anonymous

The birth parents were forced to place their child for adoption &d the government mandated it closed

All of the above