adoption
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 628. 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 mach birth mothers with couples who want to adopt?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | a social service agency | birth mothers should decide | by lottery | don't know | go to the highest bidders | no answer | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 1460 | 758 | 477 | 104 | 67 | 32 | 6 | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
Total | 70946 | 758 | 477 | 104 | 67 | 32 | 6 | 72390 |
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(q)
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