Table 4.

Adoption-related resources for 1,834 parents who adopted internationally in Minnesota, 1990–1998, by sex of respondent. International Adoption Project

	Female (n = 1,599)	Male (n = 214)
Stayed at home for some period after placement, %
Stay-at-home parent	30.5	16.8
Yes, able to stay home	61.9	57.0
No, not able to stay home	5.8	23.8
Believe that parental leave is an issue in international adoption, %
Yes	75.4	71.5
No	6.6	9.8
Unsure	15.3	16.4
Among those who did not stay at home (n = 1111 mother and 178 father respondents):
Parental leave benefits available, %
Yes	66.5	58.4
No	27.9	32.0
Not applicable, self-employed	4.4	8.4
Perceived difficulty receiving leave or flex-time similar to that of birth parents, %
Difficult, treated different than birth parents	14.3	11.2
Difficult, treated the same as birth parents	5.0	6.7
Not difficult, treated different than birth parents	15.9	7.3
Not difficult	40.7	40.5
No response	24.0	34.3
Among those who stayed at home (n = 973 mother and n = 118 father respondents):
Length of time stayed home after child arrived
Mean (SD) number of months, (SD)	4.1 (7.2)	3.3 (4.5)
Minimum number of months	1	1
Maximum number of months	101	36

Note: Data missing about sex for 21 respondents (1.6%) and data missing for specific questions for 36–64 additional respondents, varying with question, thus percentages do not equal 100%