Table 1.

Family socioeconomic measures and child growth, puberty, and psychiatric diagnoses

	LA/PI	EA/FC	NA
Median family income (thousands)	75–100	75–100	75–100
Median paternal education	College graduate	College graduate	College graduate
Median maternal education	College graduate	College graduate	College graduate
Standardized weight
At birth	−1.68 (1.1)	−1.07 (1.1)	−0.14 (1.0)
At adoption	−2.13 (2.0)	−0.57 (1.6)	NA
At testing	−.39 (1.0)	0.24 (1.2)	0.26 (1.0)
Standardized height
At adoption	−2.1 (1.9)	−0.49 (1.3)	NA
At testing	−0.27 (1.3)	−0.03 (0.9)	.59 (1.0)
Mean puberty score (range 1–4)	2.1 (0.9)	2.1 (0.9)	1.9 (0.6)
%Psychiatric diagnosis	24	14	8
%ADD/ADHD	19	14	5

Note. LA/PI: late adopted/post-institutionalized; EA/FC: early adopted/foster care; NA: non-adopted. Numbers in parentheses are standard deviations.