Table 1. Sample sizes for study and auxiliary variables and correlations between observed BF and other variables.
| Variable | N | Variable description | Correlation with BF Variable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BFOpen | BFSatisf | BFAdjust | |||
| BMOPEN | 356 | BM report of degree of openness | 0.33 | -0.08 | 0.09 |
| BFOPEN | 107 | BF report of degree of openness | 1.00 | 0.41 | 0.24 |
| AMOPEN | 349 | Extent to which AM believes the openness of adoption | 0.21 | -0.21 | 0.04 |
| AFOPEN | 335 | Extent to which AF believes the openness of adoption | 0.24 | -0.19 | 0.01 |
| BMSATISF | 357 | BM’s overall satisfaction with the adoption process | 0.13 | 0.59 | 0.06 |
| BMADJUST | 355 | Extent of effect on adjustment for BM | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.29 |
| BFSATISF | 107 | BM’s overall satisfaction with the adoption process | 0.41 | 1.00 | 0.24 |
| BFADJUST | 103 | Extent of effect on adjustment for BF | 0.24 | 0.24 | 1.00 |
| A1 | 331 | Frequency of AF talking on the phone with BF (AF report) | 0.54 | 0.20 | 0.15 |
| A2 | 332 | Frequency of face-to-face contact between AF and BF (AF report) | 0.54 | 0.17 | 0.10 |
| A3 | 331 | Frequency of BF sending presents to the child (AF report) | 0.41 | 0.15 | 0.12 |
| A4 | 323 | Extent to which AF plans to talk to BF on the phone (AF report) | 0.43 | 0.10 | 0.09 |
| A5 | 333 | Extent to which AF knows about BF (AF report) | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.01 |
| A6 | 332 | Extent to which AF had actual contact with BF (AF report) | 0.65 | 0.28 | 0.14 |
| A7 | 342 | Extent to which AM knows about BF (AM report) | 0.40 | 0.27 | 0.04 |
| A8 | 356 | Adoptive Family Composition | -0.09 | -0.47 | 0.04 |
| A9 | 99 | Interviewer report on BF’s participation in adoption decision and process | -0.41 | -0.36 | -0.23 |
| A10 | 104 | Interviewer’s impression of BF’s relationship with the adoptive family | -0.62 | -0.39 | -0.27 |
| A11 | 86 | BF’s satisfaction with the amount of contact with the adoptive families | -0.34 | -0.35 | -0.33 |
| A12 | 86 | Preferred level of adoption openness if BF could change it (BF report) | -0.15 | -0.48 | -0.31 |
| A13 | 166 | Serious mental health and behavioral problems of BF’s mother (BM report) | 0.21 | 0.40 | 0.12 |
| A14 | 286 | How well BM knows BF (BM report) | -0.37 | -0.24 | -0.35 |
| A15 | 234 | How supportive was BF of the adoption plan | 0.40 | -0.07 | 0.31 |
Notes. AF= adoptive father. AM=adoptive mother. BF=birth father. BM=birth mother. Sample sizes in the second column are for the individual variables and may not correspond to sample sizes for the reported correlations.