Adoptions

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Presents statistics on adoptions in England and Wales.

Adoption statistics for England and Wales, 2011. Analysed by sex, age and marital status of the biological parents.

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Presents statistics on adoptions in England and Wales.

1a.Adoption orders by date of entry in Adopted Children Register: sex, and whether adopted child born within/outside marriage, 2000–2010 1b.Adoption orders by date of court order: sex, and whether adopted child born within/outside marriage, 2000–2010 2a.Adoptions by date of entry in Adopted Children Register (numbers and percentages): sex and age, 2000–2010 2b.Adoptions by date of court order (numbers and percentages): sex and age, 2000–2010

2009

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No. 34, 2006

Number 38, 2008 Edition

No. 33, 2005

2007

No. 32, 2004

No. 31, 2003

No. 30, 2002

No. 29, 2001

This article presents and analyses women’s childbearing intentions collected in the General Household Survey (GHS). Data from the 21 surveys from 1979 to 2001 show that over that period there has been a fall in women’s intended numbers of births. However the latest data (from the 1998, 2000 and 2001 surveys) show that the average number of children intended is still around two, somewhat higher than the average number of children current fertility rates suggest women will have.

This article investigates care provided to parents and parents-in-law by mid-life adults with dependent children at home. Data from the General Household Survey are used first to estimate the prevalence of this ‘two-way’ care over the past decade, and second to develop forecasts of two-way care for a generation of women who have just finished their childbearing years.

No. 109, Autumn 2002

No. 106, Winter 2001