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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Early Child Res Q. 2022 Jun 4;61:36–46. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.05.003

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics.

Baseline characteristic Sample Length of Stay (years)
n % mean SD
AoA (years)
 <1 536 35.43 9.99 4.17
 1 240 15.86 9.27 4.33
 2 125 8.26 8.70 4.43
 3 108 7.14 8.70 3.91
 4–5 172 11.37 7.76 4.15
 6–7 132 8.72 6.77 4.53
 8–10 118 7.80 7.77 3.79
 >11 82 5.42 7.88 4.32
Current Age of Child (years)
 5–9 500 33.05 4.17 1.35
 10–12 349 23.07 8.65 2.30
 13–14 234 15.47 11.20 2.72
 15–16 430 28.42 13.17 2.93

Notes. AOA = age of adoption; Length of stay is the difference between the current age of the child and the age at which the child was placed in their adoptive home.