Best way to match birth mothers with adopters?

adoption

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question As you know, when a parent is unable to care for a baby, the parent often puts the baby up for adoption. For certaIn kinds of babies, the number of couples who want to adopt is much greater than the number of babies available for adoption. What do you think is the best way to match birth mothers with couples who want to adopt?

Values

[1] a social service agency
[2] go to the highest bidders
[3] by lottery
[4] birth mothers should decide
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	1996

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for adoption.

Counts by year:

year	iap	a social service agency	go to the highest bidders	by lottery	birth mothers should decide	don't know	no answer	Total
1996	1460	758	32	104	477	67	6	2904
Total	1460	758	32	104	477	67	6	2904