Table 1 Country-wise means for various attachments of parents with adopted children in terms of parents’ working/nonworking status
From: Are parents really attached to their adopted children?
Types of attachments | Status of parents | Pakistan | China | United States | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Secure attachment | Non-Working Parents | 0.31 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.17 |
Working Parents | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.06 | |
Avoidant attachment | Non-Working Parents | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
Working Parents | 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.15 | |
Ambivalent attachment | Non-Working Parents | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.11 |
Working Parents | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.20 | |
Disorganized attachment | Non-Working Parents | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
Working Parents | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.18 |