[vwraech02]

Hello everyone, I am a hopeful adoptive parent. To pass the time while we are waiting for a little one to come into our lives I have gone back to school. I had to design a survey relating to a topic that I was passionate about, of course I chose adoption. If you could help me out by taking this survey for my class I would appreciate it.

This survey will be looking at the relationship between the number of children and the likelihood that a family will specify the gender of a child when they are adopting. This study will be given to families who are already in the adoption process, through adoption agencies and parent websites.

Hypothesis: Families with children already in the home are more likely to specify gender when considering adopting another child because they are given the opportunity to build their ideal family structure.

My name is Raechel Garcia and I am doing this survey as part of a graduate statistics class at Baker College. All answers to the survey will be kept confidential and not shared with anyone.

1.) What is your gender?
a. Male
b. Female

2.) How old are you?
a. 16-18 years old
b. 19-24 years old
c. 25-34 years old
d. 35-45 years old
e. 46-54 years old
f. 55+

3.) What is your annual income level?
a. $0-$20,000 per year
b. $21,000-$40,000 per year
c. $41,000-$60,000 per year
d. $61,000-$80,000 per year
e. $81,000-$100,00 per year
f. $101,000+

4.) What is your race?
a. Caucasian
b. Black
c. Hispanic
d. Asian
e. Other

5.) How many male children do you have?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. 4
f. 5+

6.) How many female children do you have?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. 4
f. 5+

7.) How you ever previously adopted a child?
a. Once
b. Twice
c. More than twice
b. Never

8.) What type of adoption are you pursuing?
a. Domestic Only
b. Primarily Domestic
c. International Only
d. Primarily International

9.) Do you have a gender preference for your prospective adoptive child?
a. Strong Male
b. Strong Female
c. Somewhat Male
d. Somewhat Female
e. No Preference

10.) Do you have a race preference for your prospective adoptive child?
a. Strong non-Caucasian
b. Strong Caucasian
c. Somewhat non-Caucasian
d. Somewhat Caucasian
e. No Preference


11.) What is the preferred gender mix of children for your family?
a. All Boys
b. All Girls
c. Boys and Girls

12.)What is the preferred racial mix for children in your family?
a. Caucasian
b. Non-Caucasian
c. Multiracial
d. No Preference

Thank you for taking my survey; your feedback was greatly appreciated

[yehudit]

Good luck! Can I take the survey even though I've already adopted? I work in surveillance as well This is how I would have answered before I adopted my daughter. Now that she's here some of my answers have changed.
1. b
2. d
3. f
4. a
5. b
6. b
7. b
8. a
9. e
10. d
11. d no preference for boys, girls, or mixed
12. a

[Lupin]

We're mostly still in the research stage of adoption, but

1.b
2.c
3.c
4.e
5.b
6.a
7.d
8.d
9.d
10.e
11.c
12.d

[PersianMama]

1.) b

2.) c

3.) c

4.) e

5.) b

6.) c

7.) d

8.) a

9.) c

10.) e

11.) c

12.)d

[jalapeno]

I'm not currently in the process of adopting again so I won't take the survey anyway. But I happened to glance at the survey questions and am just curious why fost/adopt is not included in question 8?

[abensonslaton]

We were orginally going to adopt from Guatamala and we wanted a girl. We didn't have any kids at the time. Than Guatamala closed for the first time. Got a boy domestically and it all happen within six weeks. Pure craziness. Than 9 months later prego with bio son. Three months after bio son prego with bio daughter. My oldest who is adopted his birthmom called and she is prego again and probably will not be able to keep it the state will take the baby and if that happens would like us to adopt the baby. Hey I like even numbers hoping for a girl knowing that it will be a joyful bouncing boy. Hey our girl has to be the princess. If it was a girl don't know what she would do anyhow. May have plans but things get in the way.

[arkansas parent]

1.b
2.c
3.b
4.a
5.c
6.b
7.b
8. foster/adopt
9.d
10.a
11.c
12.b

[Prettyboicris]

1.) a.
2.) c.
3.) c./d (Individual)/ (Wife and I)
4.)b.
5.)a.
6.)a.
7.)d.
8.) Straight adoption through Foster care
9.)c.
10.)e.
11.)c.
12.)d.

[Quesita]

There are a few questions that I would have asked differently. I noticed that you don't ask about the marital status of the applicant. As a single woman, I have a strong preference for raising girls. I know many single women successfully raise great boys, but I just do not feel equipped to successfully parent a boy.

1 b
2 e
3 e
4 a
5 a
6 b
7 a
8 d
9 b
10 a
11 b
12 c

[vwraech02]

Thank you for replying, of course I am welcoming any response

[vwraech02]

I didn't include foster families because to be honest I guess I didn't think of it. I think that when I wrote this survey I was thinking of the questions that would impact my life and seeing as how we are not considering fostering I guess I didn't think about it....Thank you for pointing this out, I will make sure to include this in my analysis of the things that I could have done differently.

[jules17]

We adopted internationally twice, and domestically once. Could you have a "both" option?

[Shelly77]

We are hopefully adopting very soon. Here are my answers.

1.) b

2.) c

3.) d

4.) a

5.) a

6.) a

7.) d

8.) a

9.) e

10.) d

11.) c

12.) c

Hope that helps