Adoption Audience
The audience for adoption information is a powerful and growing segment within the parenting category.
Large
- Over 10 million families have considered adoption
- Approximately 1 million families are actively seeking adoption at any given time
- The US Census Bureau estimates that more than 1.5 million adopted
children under age 18 live in the US today
Growing
- International adoptions have more than doubled in the last decade
- Single parent adoption has increased from 2% of adoptions prior to 1990 to as much as 25% today
- Adoptions from foster care have more than doubled since 1990
Involved, committed parents
- Adoptive parents actively seek parenthood
- Most have waited years for a child
- Up to 25% of couples with impaired fertility pursue adoption
Positive
- A 2002 public opinion survey conducted by the Dave Thomas Foundation found that two-thirds of Americans hold a favorable opinion of adoption, up from just over half of Americans only five years ago
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