National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP)

Users can download data regarding characteristics and adoptive experiences of families of adoptive children. Topics include type of adoption, birth family contact, developmental problems, and adoption support. BackgroundThe National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP) is a SLAITS survey operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Center for Health Statistics (HCHS) and is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). NSAP provides information on characteristics, pre-adoption experiences and post-adoption support experiences of families of adoptive children. Topics include, but are not limited to: type of adoption, birth family contact, developmental problems, and adoption support. User FunctionalityUsers can download the survey instrument and frequency counts as PDFs, the codebook into Microsoft Excel and the public-access dataset into SAS statistical software. Data NotesThe NSAP telephone interview was administered to parents (n=2,089) who adopted a child 0 to 17 years of age. Children were identified as being adopted through the US foster care system, domestic private adoption agencies, or in ternational adoption agencies. Parents were identified through the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). Data were collected between April 2007 and July 2008 and are available on a national level.

用户可下载收养儿童家庭的特征与收养经历相关数据，研究主题涵盖收养类型、与生身家庭的联系、儿童发育问题以及收养支持等内容。

**背景**：全国收养父母调查（National Survey of Adoptive Parents, NSAP）是一项由美国疾病控制与预防中心（Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC）与美国国家卫生统计中心（HCHS）开展的SLAITS调查，由美国卫生与公众服务部（DHHS）资助。该调查旨在收集收养儿童家庭的特征、收养前经历以及收养后支持服务经历相关信息，研究主题包括但不限于：收养类型、与生身家庭的联系、儿童发育问题以及收养支持。

**用户功能**：用户可下载以PDF格式呈现的调查工具与频数统计表、以Microsoft Excel格式呈现的编码簿，以及可导入SAS统计软件的公开访问数据集。

**数据说明**：本次电话访谈的调研对象为2089名收养了0至17岁儿童的父母。受访儿童通过美国寄养系统、国内私人收养机构或国际收养机构完成收养流程。受访父母通过全国儿童健康调查（National Survey of Children’s Health, NSCH）招募。数据采集时间为2007年4月至2008年7月，数据集具备全国代表性。