As of 1988, there were about 823,000 children living in adopted families in the United States. These children represent about 1.3 percent of all children aged 17 years and under in the country in that year. Nicholas Zill, Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, May 10, 1995. Consequences of Adoption for Child Well-Being Only 2 percent of adopted children are poor. Nicholas Zill, Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, May 10, 1995.
Adoptive parents are less likely to divorce.
Today , June 25, 1985. Adopted adolescents generally are less depressed than children of single parents and less involved in alcohol abuse, vandalism, group fighting, police trouble, weapon use and theft. All rights reserved. Father Facts 3 is available in softcover from the National Fatherhood Initiative. All rights reserved.