BBC/Adoption UK survey 1. Are you an adoptive parent Response Response Percent Total 1
Yes
100.00%
2778
2
No
0.00%
0
answered
2778
skipped
0
2. Have you adopted a child from the UK? Response Response Percent Total 1
Yes
100.00%
2778
2
No
0.00%
0
answered
2778
skipped
0
4. Do you think you received full and correct information about your child during the adoption process? Yes
No
Don't know
Response Total
Child 1
58.3% (1617)
35.4% (981)
6.3% (174)
2772
Child 2
54.8% (661)
38.2% (461)
7.0% (84)
1206
Child 3
58.1% (118)
35.0% (71)
6.9% (14)
203
Child 4
55.6% (25)
33.3% (15)
11.1% (5)
45
answered
2773
skipped
5
5. If not, what information wasn't provided that you think should have been? Please use the comment box below to briefly explain. Response Response Percent Total 1
Open-Ended Question
100.00%
1278
answered
1278
skipped
1500
6. When you adopted your child were you informed they were at risk of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder? Response Response Percent Total 1
Yes
30.08%
834
2
No
69.92%
1939
answered
2773
skipped
5
7. Have you ever been told since you adopted that your child may have foetal alcohol spectrum disorder? Response Response Percent Total 1
Yes
14.60%
404
2
No
85.40%
2363
answered
2767
skipped
11
8. Have you ever considered that your child may have foetal alcohol spectrum disorder? Response Response Percent Total 1
Yes
35.37%
978
2
No
64.63%
1787
answered
2765
skipped
13
9. Which of the following most characterises your child’s adoption? Response Response Percent Total 1
Fulfilling and stable
27.14%
753
2
Challenging but stable
44.52%
1235
3
Serious challenges impacting on wider family
20.51%
569
4
At risk of disruption
3.50%
97
5
Already disrupted
4.33%
120
answered
2774
skipped
4
10. Have you received support through the Adoption Support Fund? (Only applicable to adoptive parents in England.) Response Response Percent Total 1
Yes
32.23%
870
2
No
67.77%
1829
answered
2699
skipped
79
11. Have you ever asked for funding from the Adoption Support Fund above the fair access limit and been turned down either partially or completely? Response Response Percent Total 1
Yes
8.47%
226
2
No
91.53%
2443
answered
2669
skipped
109
12. Has support you received via the ASF prevented your child(ren)'s adoption from disrupting? Response Response Percent Total 1
Yes
9.05%
182
2
No
71.21%
1432
3
Maybe
19.74%
397
answered
2011
skipped
767
13. If you've tried to access the Adoption Support Fund, how easy, or difficult has it been to access it, on a score from one to ten? (One being the hardest/10 being the easiest) Response Response Percent Total 1
1
17.45%
201
2
2
6.60%
76
3
3
10.50%
121
4
4
5.21%
60
5
5
13.28%
153
6
6
6.77%
78
7
7
8.59%
99
8
8
12.41%
143
9
9
7.20%
83
13. If you've tried to access the Adoption Support Fund, how easy, or difficult has it been to access it, on a score from one to ten? (One being the hardest/10 being the easiest) Response Response Percent Total 10
10
11.98%
138
answered
1152
skipped
1626
14. Has your child displayed aggressive behaviour towards you? Response Response Percent Total 1
Yes
63.70%
1762
2
No
36.30%
1004
answered
2766
skipped
12
15. If you answered yes to question 14, please could you provide us with some brief details in the comments box below? Response Response Percent Total 1
Open-Ended Question
100.00%
1731
answered
1731
skipped
1047
16. Are you glad you adopted? Response Response Percent Total 1
Yes
88.49%
2406
2
No
11.51%
313
answered
2719
skipped
59