A Comparison of Accepted and Nonaccepted Adoptive Parent Applicants in Wisconsin |
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accepted and nonaccepted accepted applicants adop adopt a child adoptee adoption agencies adoption laws adoption process adoptive applicants adoptive homes adoptive parent applicants agency accepts agency decision-making agency gamma Ball Bauman bear children cants Catholic agency cepted charging fees chi-sq chi-square Child Welfare child welfare agencies childhood experiences comf T low couples married court criteria differences expected frequencies f m nm factors four agencies husband's occupation Ibid ideal type included independent placements independent variable investigation irrational legislation length of marriage low mod comf Lutheran agency Mandel Married Couples n. s. gamma nonaccepted applicants nonmanual nonreligious agencies nonsectarian agency Nonsectarian Lutheran Catholic number of applicants place a child place children private agencies professional prospective family income provision psychiatric public agency relationship religious agencies Roman law sample Sir Henry Maine special testing statistic Statutes sterility substantively rational tion tive parents Total N nonac Wisconsin