Identity, Race, Religion and Adoption: The Public and Legal View
The researchers used more than 1,200 questionnaires from a stratified sample of the public in England and Wales to examine views about race, religion and cultural identity in adoption. They analysed how views varied with respondents’ characteristics and compared public perceptions with adoption law. The abstract describes the questions and analysis but does not report the detailed results.
Limitations: Public opinion rather than adoptee testimony or measured child outcomes. The abstract does not support a detailed account of the findings. The legal comparison is historical and should not be treated as a statement of current law. Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
- Research type
- Population survey / legal comparison
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Adoption from care / permanent family placement
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: Adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation
Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adoption law, identity, transracial adoption
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England and Wales
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