Social circumstances of adoptees with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in young adulthood
(n=36) | |
Highest completed education | |
Special education | 14 (39) |
Primary school, 9 years | 9 (25) |
Secondary school, 12 years | 11 (31) |
Attempted university studies | 2 (5) |
Criminality | |
Victim of sexual crime* | 9 (26) |
Victim of physical assault | 4 (12) |
Criminal convictions† | 2 (6) |
Income and compensation | |
Working | 11 (31) |
Social welfare | 10 (28) |
Disability pension | 10 (28) |
Student | 5 (14) |
Values expressed as numbers and percentages.
*Reported by six women and three men.
†Two men reported convictions for drug-related theft and violence.