Barth R P
Family Welfare Research Group, School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, USA.
Child Welfare. 1997 Mar-Apr;76(2):285-308.
Permanency planning philosophy and law express a preference for adoption over long-term out-of-home care when children cannot be reunified with their families. Yet, little research has considered the likelihood of a child being adopted as compared to remaining in long-term care. This study followed 3,873 children who were under six years of age when they entered out-of-home care to determine whether over the next six years they were reunified with their biological families, adopted, remained in out-of-home care, or experienced another outcome. Age at the time of placement and race/ ethnicity were found to have substantial direct effects on outcomes, but there were no significant age by race interactions or gender-based significant direct or interactive effects. Suggestions for improving the likelihood of adoption are presented.
永久性安置规划理念和法律表明，当儿童无法与家人团聚时，相较于长期家庭外照料，更倾向于收养。然而，很少有研究考虑过与留在长期照料机构相比，儿童被收养的可能性。本研究跟踪了3873名进入家庭外照料时年龄在六岁以下的儿童，以确定在接下来的六年里他们是否与亲生家庭团聚、被收养、继续留在家庭外照料机构，或者经历了其他情况。研究发现，安置时的年龄和种族/民族对结果有重大直接影响，但不存在按种族划分的显著年龄交互作用，也不存在基于性别的显著直接或交互作用。文中还提出了提高收养可能性的建议。
