Adoption and Black Teenagers: The Viability Of A Pregnancy Resolution Strategy  

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Kalmuss, Debra

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Marriage and the Family vol. 54 no. 03 (Aug. 1992), page 485-495.
Topik: pregnancy; black teenagers; adoption

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: J43 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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While adoption is a potentially important alternative to child-rearing for young pregnant women, it has been ignored in research en teenage pregnancy resolution, particularly for black adolescents. This paper addresses the issue of whether adoption is available pregnancy resolution strategy for black teenagers. The traditional response is that adoption is not viable because of the low levels of demand for the formal adoption of infants in the black community, and the low supply of pregnant black adolescents who choose adoption. We identify and challenge the assumptions upon which this conclusion is based. Data from Cycle IY of the National Survey of Family Growth are used to evaluate these assumptions. We show that existing date do not provide a sound basis for conclusions about whether adoption can ultimately serve as an alternative to early child-rearing for larger numbers of black adolescents than is currently the case.

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