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  • 标题:Families in Society: 'The feasibility of intrafamily and in-country adoptions in the Marshall islands'.
  • 作者:Roby, Jini L. ; Whittenburg, Kristen Payne
  • 期刊名称:Adoption & Fostering
  • 印刷版ISSN:0308-5759
  • 出版年度:2006
  • 期号:March
  • 出版社:Sage Publications, Inc.

Families in Society: 'The feasibility of intrafamily and in-country adoptions in the Marshall islands'.


Roby, Jini L. ; Whittenburg, Kristen Payne


86:4, pp 547-57, December 2005, USA

This study examines the opinions and perceptions of 454 adults representing 15 per cent of the total households in the Republic of Marshall Islands regarding intrafamily and in-country adoptions. Qualitative and quantitative methods yielded results indicating a nearly unanimous agreement for children staying within the extended family and against stranger, in-country and international adoptions. Marked difference was found in the participants' willingness to raise kin versus non-kin children, and an inverse relationship between education levels and willingness to raise non-kin children. Assistance necessary to support intrafamily and in-country adoptions is addressed, and preferred child welfare policies are ranked. Policy and research implications are discussed.
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