Research, Studies and Surveys on Adoption

Child Welfare Information Gateway: This website sponsored by the U.S. Children’s Bureau provides many prints and electronic publications and links to a range of research-based resources on child welfare and adoption issues for both professionals and the public.

National Survey of Adoptive Parents:

Chapin Hall Center for Children: a research center at the University of Chicago that produces policy-related research on child welfare and foster care.

Primary longitudinal studies related to adoption:

National Survey of Child & Adolescent Well-being

Minnesota-Texas Adoption Research Project

Early Growth and Development Study

National Survey of Family Growth

Leiden Longitudinal Adoption Study