Examining rates and risk factors for post-order adoption disruption in England and Wales through survival analyses
Researchers analysed national administrative adoption data, supplemented by surveys of adoption managers, covering 36,749 adoptions in England and 2,317 in Wales. Survival analyses estimated cumulative post-order disruption at 3.2% and 2.6% respectively. Older placement age, adolescence, multiple previous care placements and longer time to an adoption order were associated with disruption.
Limitations: Administrative disruption measures do not capture every strained relationship or unsupported family. Historical follow-up windows differ by country; risk associations do not establish causation. Publications from this programme may use overlapping participants or data. This paper analyses data from the government-commissioned Beyond the Adoption Order studies in England and Wales. Readers may take that commissioning context into account.
- Research type
- Administrative-data survival analysis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Mixed
Adoption context: Adoption from care
Programme: Beyond the Adoption Order
Institutional context: Government / government-commissioned research
This paper analyses data from the government-commissioned Beyond the Adoption Order studies in England and Wales. Readers may take that commissioning context into account.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: administrative data, adoption disruption, placement outcomes
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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