Dataset Details
Understanding Post Adoption and Guardianship Instability for Children and Youth Who Exit Foster Care (PAGI): The NSCAW Adoption Study
Dataset Number: 270
Investigator(s)
Heather Ringeisen, PhD
RTI International Research Triangle Park, NC
Rose Domanico, MA
RTI International Research Triangle Park, NC
Nancy Rolock, PhD
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
Kevin White, PhD
East Carolina University Greenville, NC
Stephen Tueller, PhD
RTI International Research Triangle Park, NC
Leyla Stambaugh, PhD
RTI International Research Triangle Park, NC
Abstract
The purpose of the Understanding Postadoption and Guardianship Instability for Children and Youth Who Exit Foster Care (or PAGI) project is to examine rates of instability, factors associated with instability, and the supports and resources that promote post-permanency stability. Ultimately, the project aims to support efforts to build the capacity of federal, state, and local agencies to get accurate information about instability for children who exit foster care to adoption or guardianship. In order to examine these issues, two separate studies were conducted 1.) The Contact After Adoption or Guardianship: Child Welfare Agency and Family Interactions Study and 2.) The Survey of National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) Adopted Youth, Young Adults, Adults, and Adoptive Parents. This dataset contains data from The Survey of National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) Adopted Youth, Young Adults, Adults, and Adoptive Parents.
The Survey of National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) Adopted Youth, Young Adults, Adults, and Adoptive Parents (hereafter referred to as “The NSCAW Adoption Study”) seeks to understand the extent of post adoption instability events that occur in families who have adopted children who have exited the foster care system. Post adoption instability refers to situations in which children who exit foster care to adoptive homes no longer reside with their adoptive parents and includes formal events, such as a child’s reentry into the foster care system, or informal events, such as a child going to live with a grandparent or running away. A second objective is to understand risk and protective factors associated with post adoption instability. The study conducted web or telephone surveys with adopted youth, young adults, and adults as well as their adoptive parents who were participants in the first or second cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW I, II; OMB #0970-0202).
Bibliographic Citation
Ringeisen, H.,Domanico, R., Rolock, N., White, K., Tueller, S., Stambaugh, L. (2022). Understanding Post Adoption and Guardianship Instability for Children and Youth Who Exit Foster Care (PAGI): The NSCAW Adoption Study [dataset]. National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Negelct [distributor]. Doi: https://doi.org/10.34681/hywy-s120
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