The Adoption Barometer 2020: A stocktake of adoption in the UK
The 2020 report analyses 4,926 valid responses collected in early 2020 about 2019. Its child-focused sections use parent reports to examine educational support, health and transitions to adulthood. Most parents reporting on education described their children as needing additional support compared with peers. The report also examines fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Limitations: Voluntary survey; participants may differ between years, so this is not a longitudinal panel or a population prevalence estimate. UK-wide findings should not be treated as England-only results. Parents reported children’s needs and outcomes; no direct adoptee survey is claimed for this wave. The total includes prospective adopters, who did not all answer child-outcome questions. Produced by Adoption UK, an adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation. This institutional relationship should be considered when interpreting the findings.
- Research type
- Annual cross-sectional survey report
- Source reviewed
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Mixed
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: mixed
Adoption context: Domestic adoption and, where reported, intercountry adoption
Programme: Adoption Barometer (annual surveys)
Institutional context: Adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation
Produced by Adoption UK, an adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation. This institutional relationship should be considered when interpreting the findings.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adult outcomes, education, mental health
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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