The Adoption Barometer 2024: A stocktake of adoption in England
The England report includes 246 adult adoptee respondents, alongside parent questionnaires about children. Adoptees described limited or inappropriate adult support, waits and costs. Child-focused sections examine education, mental health and birth-family contact. Data were collected in early 2024, mainly concerning 2023.
Limitations: Self-selected cross-sectional survey, not representative prevalence data or a longitudinal panel. Direct adult accounts must be distinguished from parent-proxy child reports. The report includes other adopter-experience material outside this entry’s scope. 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: adoptee voice, adult outcomes, post-adoption support
Review scope: Source checked: Full text. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: England
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- Adoptee involvement
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