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Adoption Statistics: Placing ChildrenPlacing Children How Many Women Place Their Children for Adoption 2% of unmarried women at any age place their child for adoption. (ChildTrends, 1995) The percentage of premarital births placed for adoption has decreased since the 1970s. Analyses of three cycles of the National Survey of Family Growth show the following trend:Want to adopt Pregnant click here From 1952 to 1972, 8.7% of all premarital births were placed for adoption. From 1973 to 1981, this percentage fell to 4.1%. From 1982 to 1988, it fell further to 2%. (Bachrach, Stolley, London, 1992) Who are the Women Who Place Their Children Less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of Black unmarried women. (Mosher and Bachrach, 1996) Of Black women with premarital births, From 1952 to 1972, 1.5% placed their children for adoption. From 1973 to 1981, this percentage fell to .2% From 1982 to 1988, it rose to 1.1%. Of White women with premarital births, From 1952 to 1972, 19.3% placed their children for adoption. From 1973 to 1981, this percentage fell to 7.6%. From 1982 to 1988, it fell further to 3.2%. (Bachrach, Stolley, London, 1992) Women who voluntarily place their children for adoption are likely to have greater educational and vocational goals for themselves than those who keep their children. Women making adoption plans often come from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. These women come from intact families which are supportive of the placement, and which have not experienced teenage pregnancies by other family members. (Stolley, 1993) Women whose mothers completed at least one year of college were 3 times more likely to place their babies for adoption than women whose mothers did not complete high school. (Bachrach, Stolley & London, 1992) In a study of adoption trends in California, it was found birth mothers who place their children independently tend to be aged 17 to 30 years old, and have no more than a high sc...