Table 1.

Demographics for Birth Parents and Adoptive Parents

Variable	Birth mother	Birth father	Adoptive mother	Adoptive father
Mean age (in years)	23.84	25.61	36.98	37.82
Race (%)
Caucasian	75	79	91	91
African-American	9	5	4	6
Asian	2	1	1	1
Multi-ethnic	6	8	2	0
Other	8	7	2	2
Mean educational level	5	5	9	9
Median annual household income	<$20K	<$20K	$100K+	$100K+
Mean number of individuals in home	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.7

Note. Education: 1 (< 8th grade), 2 (Completed 8th grade), 3 (Completed 12th grade), 4 (Some trade school), 5 (Completed trade school), 6 (Some junior college), 7 (Completed junior college), 8 (Some college), 9 (Completed college), 10 (Some professional/graduate school), 11 (Completed professional/graduate school).