Thomas Kevin J A, Gibby Ashley Larsen
Associate Professor of Sociology, Demography, and African Studies Department of Sociology and Criminology, Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16801,
PhD Candidate in Sociology and Demography Department of Sociology and Criminology Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16801,
J Fam Issues. 2019 Mar;40(4):464-487. doi: 10.1177/0192513X18812147. Epub 2018 Nov 15.
Few studies have examined the familial configurations of adopted children and how these configurations differ from those of non-adoptees. As a result, this study examines the relationship between adoption status and inequalities in the family structure of children. Our results indicate that adopted children are more likely to live in nuclear families compared to non- adopted children. Part of this is driven by the comparatively limited presence of adoptees in single-mother, single-father, and other types of non-nuclear families. Foreign-born adoptees are more likely to live in nuclear families compared to U.S.-born adoptees, but adoptees from racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely to live in such families compared to their white counterparts. These race-ethnic inequalities in family structure are however moderated by foreign-born status. Accordingly, our results indicate that foreign-born black and Hispanic children have the highest odds of residing in nuclear families among the U.S. population of adopted children.
很少有研究考察过被收养儿童的家庭结构，以及这些结构与非被收养儿童的家庭结构有何不同。因此，本研究考察了收养状况与儿童家庭结构不平等之间的关系。我们的研究结果表明，与非被收养儿童相比，被收养儿童更有可能生活在核心家庭中。部分原因是，在单亲母亲、单亲父亲和其他类型的非核心家庭中，被收养者的数量相对有限。与美国出生的被收养儿童相比，外国出生的被收养儿童更有可能生活在核心家庭中，但与白人被收养儿童相比，来自种族和少数民族群体的被收养儿童生活在这类家庭中的可能性较小。然而，家庭结构中的这些种族-民族不平等会受到外国出生身份的调节。因此，我们的研究结果表明，在被收养儿童的美国人口中，外国出生的黑人和西班牙裔儿童居住在核心家庭中的几率最高。
