Adoption in the 1990s: Sociodemographic Determinants of Biological Parents Choosing Adoption

Child Welfare

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-355

  Chippindale Bakker, Victoria ^a,c   Foster, Linda ^b  

^a Cathol Children's Aid Soc M   (Canada)

^b Paradox Residential Services   (Canada)

^c Cathol Children's Aid Soc M   (Canada)

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