Information on Intercountry Adoption

Background information on intercountry adoption including statistics, a link to information on the Web, articles and books.

Statistics

 
U.S. Department of State
Immigrant Visas Issued to Orphans Coming to the U.S.
(1992 to 2006)
http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/stats/stats_451.html

Immigrant-Orphans Adopted by U.S. Citizens by Gender, Age, and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2006
Source: Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2006.  Homeland Security.
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Immigrant-Orphans Adopted by U.S. Citizens by State of Intended Residence, Gender and Age, Fiscal Year 2006.
Source: Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2006.  Homeland Security.
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Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: Supplemental Table 4

 
Web site

The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Freundlich, Madelyn and Joy Kim Lieberthal.  “The gathering of the First Generation of Adult Korean Adoptees: Adoptees” Perceptions of International Adoption”  June 2000.
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/proed/korfindings.html

Articles

Crary, David.  “Foreign adoptions in U.S. drop.”  Des Moines Register.  December 1, 2007. Page 5A.

Hamwi, Malak.  “Sending Babies Abroad.”  Newsweek.  (November 13, 2006) Page 13.

O’Neil, Anne-Marie, Joanne Fowler, Ron Arias.  “Why are American Babies Being ADOPTED ABROAD?”  People.  Vol. 63, Issue 22, (June 6, 2005) pages 64-66.

Quarmby, Katherine.  Untitled.  (Author was transracially adopted in the 1960’s.)  New Statesman.  Vol. 134, Issue 4749 (July 18, 2005) pages 36-37.

Selman, Peter.  “The Diaper Diaspora.”  Foreign Policy.  Issue 158, (January/February 2007) pages 32-33.

Books

Intercountry adoption – fiction

D’Amato, Barbara.  White Male Infant.  New York, Forge, 2002.

Merrell, Susan Scarf.  A Member of the Family.  New York, HarperCollins, 2000.

Scott, Joanna C.   The Lucky Gourd Shop.  Denver, Colo., MacMurray & Beck, 2000.

Bell, David W.  China Run.  New York, Simon & Schuster, 2002.

Intercountry adoption – nonfiction

Evans, Karin.  The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America and the Search for a Missing Past.  New York, J.P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2000.

Gammage, Jeff.  China Ghosts: My Daughter’s Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood.  New York, William Morrow, 2007.

Grossman, Kari Grady.  Bones That Float: A Story of Adopting Cambodia.  Ft. Collins, Colo., Wild Heaven, 2007.

Johnson, Kay Ann.  Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son: Abandonment, Adoption, and Orphanage Care in China.  St. Paul, Minn., Yeong & Yeong Book Co., 2004.

Newman, Janis Cooke.  The Russian Word for Snow: A True Story of Adoption.  New York, St. Martin’s Press, 2001.

Prager, Emily.  Wuhu Diary: On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown in China.  New York, Random House, 2001.

Robinson, Katy.  A Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee’s Search for Her Roots.  New York, Berkley Books, 2002.

Trenka, Jane Jeong.  The Language of Blood: A Memoir.  St. Paul, Minn., Borealis Books, 2003.

Tucker, Neely.  Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir.  New York, Crown Publishers, 2004.