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Intercountry adopted children as young adults--a Swedish cohort study
Frank Lindblad1, Anders Hjern, B Vinnerljung
1Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Swedish National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health, Stockholm. frank.lindblad@ipm.ki.se
Abstract:
In a national cohort study, the family and labor market situation, health problems, and education of 5,942 Swedish intercountry adoptees born between 1968 and 1975 were examined and compared with those of the general population, immigrants, and a siblings group--all age matched--in national registers from 1997 to 1999. Adoptees more often had psychiatric problems and were longtime recipients of social welfare. Level of education was on par with that of the general population but lower when adjusted for socioeconomic status.