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Factors which Influence the Adoption of a Child
MALOUŠKOVÁ, Marie
This bachelor thesis is focused on the factors influencing the adoption of a child. The thesis is divided into theoretical and empirical parts. The history of adoption is described in the theoretical part. Furthermore there is stated the definition of an adoption, its forms, or revocation of an adoption. There is deeply described the procedure of arranging adoptions and the subsequent preparatory care. There are also defined certain factors, which may affect adoption. The empirical part is focused on research. The main goal is the identification of factors, which may influence the adoption of a child, including the reasons leading the parents to the adoption. In this section there are stated the goal and the hypotheses, which need to be proved, or disproved. There is also described the methodology, in which the strategy of quantitative research is used in order to obtain information and the interview technique questionnaire is used in order to data collection. There was used the "Survio.com" in order to create the questionnaire, which was sent via email. The sample consisted of 57 prospective adoptive parents from Vysočina region. Results of research made by the descriptive statistic using the charts and tables are given in the next chapter, as well as. The results of the individual questions in the context of the another parameters, such as sex, age, education, or faith. The hypothesis were tested by the Chi kvadrat. The results show, that the main factor for accession to the adoption is the child´s age, where respondents prefer the lowest age child and among the other factors, which affect the adoption, belong the child´s skin color. The identical results also show that many respondents don´t decide according to the appearance. Among the reasons for accession to the adoption belong especially to help children and the impossibility to have own children. The following part of the thesis is named "Discussion", where the individual results are interpreted and compared with the literature and with the results of the similar researches. In the final part of the bachelor thesis all the results are summarized results and evaluated.
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