Changing Social Background Pattern of Children in Adoption Institutions(the 4th Report)
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
;
: 115-121, 1999.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-140425
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
A study was undertaken to assess the social background of abandoning children at adoption institutions. The results were compared to those of three previous reports from the institution.METHODS:
A total of 536 children who had been admitted to the institution during the period of 1993 to 1996 were subjected to the study. The medical records were reviewed retrospectively.RESULTS:
The sex ratio of male to female was 1 0.9, which was opposite compared to previous studies. Mean birth weight was 2.76+/-0.58kg. The proportion of prematurity was 27.2% and their mean gestational age was 34.0+/-2.25 weeks. The academic background of the mother was mainly high school, comprising 58.4%. The highest rate of maternal age(75.9%) was between 16 to 25 years of age. Maternal age below 15 years was 2.8%, which showed increased in tendency compared to previous studies. Classifying the mother's occupation, they were unemployed(19.4%), office workers(16.8%), store clerks(15.9%), students(13.6%), factory workers(12.3%) and waitresses (5.6%) in this order of frequency. The order of birth showed that the first baby was 89.4%. The reasons for putting their baby up for adoption were they were unmarried(83.2%), poor(8.6%), extramarital birth(3.2%), divorce(2.9%) and death of parents(0.4%) in this order of frequency, showing a significant increased in the rate of unmarried mothers. Only 38.4% of mothers had taken antenatal care. Most of the children (90.8%) were adopted by parents in foreign countries.CONCLUSION:
The main reason for adoption was the mothers were unmarried and the maternal age tended to be younger. The rate of foreign adoption was still high.
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Main subject:
Parents
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Sex Ratio
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Single Person
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Birth Weight
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Illegitimacy
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Child, Institutionalized
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Medical Records
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Retrospective Studies
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Gestational Age
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Maternal Age
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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