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Worldwide Survey among Overseas Adopted Koreans 2008
How are you doing? How are you really doing? In the last five decades, over 150,000 South Korean orphans were adopted into western families - yet, little is known about their well-being and social development. You can make a difference by telling us about your adoption. Should the South Korean government continue international adoptions? Tell us about your personal experience by participating in this survey. This is the first comprehensive survey on Korean adoptees living world wide. The aim of this project is to investigate the status of human welfare among the South Korean adult adoptees (16 years or older), and to improve the situation for adoptees living abroad and returning to South Korea. This project has been initiated by the South Korean Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, and is supported by International Korean Adoptee Services, Inc. (InKAS) - a non-profit social welfare organization in South Korea. This research is conducted by Dr. Daniel Schwekendiek, an overseas Korean adoptee and a socioeconomic researcher at Seoul National University. We guarantee that data will only be used for the particular survey purpose and will not be passed on to anyone else. We will also publicly announce major findings of the survey in January of 2009 at www.inkas.or.kr(www.inkas.org).
We are looking forward to your participation. Please take your time (approx. 10-15 minutes) to fill out the questionnaire - one small step for you, but one giant leap for the international Korean adoption community! With kind regards, Daniel Schwekendiek, Ph.D. (Project Coordinator), Ji-Sung Kwon, Ph.D. (Professor of Korea Baptist Theological University) on behalf of Jung Aie-Ree (President of InKAS, Inc.) International Korean Adoptee Service, Inc. (InKAS)
4F, 101-12 Daehyun-Dong, Seodaemoon-Gu
Seoul, The Republic of Korea
Tel.: +82 2-3148-0258 Fax.: +82 2-3148-0259
E-mail: inkas21@yahoo.co.kr
Internet: http://www.InKAS.or.kr (www.inkas.org
Participation criteria:
1. Overseas adopted Korean
2. Age: 16 years or older
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