The survey results are in! For those of you who didn't take our quick survey, you still can - we'll be reading results and would love to have your anonymous input about our blog. Click here to participate.



Following are the numbers and responses from those of you who did answer the call.



I'm surprised how young we are as an overall group!

Younger than 25 9.4%

25-40 21.9%

40-50 34.4%

50-60 23.5%

60+ 6.2%

As you can see, almost 35% of the respondents are between 40-50 years old!





Another surprise was how many people have not yet adopted:

What is your Adoption Status?

Adopted Internationally 28.1%

Adopted Privately 3.1%

Fost-Adopt or Waiting Child 25%

In process of adopting 18.8%

Have not Adopted 28.1%

Other 15.6%

Putting the Have not Adopted and Other categories together, we're almost at 45% who have not adopted who are reading!



Under the Other category, the people who left comments said the were caseworkers, adoption workers, relatives and interested parties in adoption!

Where are you located?



United States 84.4%

Canada 9.4%

No surprises here - the other countries that came in were Germany and Australia.

How many total children do you currently have living in your home?



1 - 3 62.5%

4- 5 3.1%

6+ 3.1%

Other 31.2% (no children)

How old were your adopted children when they came to live with you? Check all that apply.



Newborn 47.4%

Toddler 63.2%

Pre-school 15.8%

Elementary School 15.8%

Middle School 5.3%

High School 0%

How often do you visit the older parent adoption blog?



Over 50% of you visit every day or more than twice per week. Thank you!

What type of blog posts do you like to read?



Personal stories 73.3%

In the News! 33.3%

Adoption Issues 63.3%

International 40%

We got a number of interesting ideas to blog about, and comments that I'll share with you in my next post.



Again, if you'd like to participate, just click on the link. We'd love your responses!



Thanks for being part of our survey!