Russia Adoption

Of families who completed in 2008:

Average wait for boys under 36 months was 12 months to referral / 15.5 months to completion (range of 6 to 26 months)

Average wait for boys over 36 months was 7.2 months to referral / 12 months to completion (range of 7 to 20 months)

Average wait time for girls under 36 months was 12.6 months to referral / 17 months to completion (range of 6 to 31 months)

Average wait time for girls over 36 months was 6.5 months to referral / 11.8 months to completion (range of 4 to 19 months)

Average wait for families requesting either a boy or a girl under 36 months was 10.6 months to referral / 14 months to completion (range of 5 to 25 months)

70% of these families received boys; 30%, receive girls

Average wait for siblings was 12.1 months to referral / 16.2 months to completion (range of 4 to 30 months)

16 families brought back 37 children