Survey Results: Those planning to leave
We actually don’t need much in the way of me talking on this post, the spreadsheets pretty much speak for themselves.
This first spreadsheet shows those leaving and those staying, without looking at when they were logged in:
- The first row shows everything as a number
- The second shows everything as a percent of total respondents (e.g. 17% of those currently in the program plan to leave but have not yet actually pulled out, and 3% have started the process of adopting from another country and plan to pull out once that adoption is final)
- The last row is a percent of those planning to leave (e.g. 20% of those planning to leave are in the process of adopting from a different country)
Not everyone who responded gave us their log in date. Of the 946 respondents, only 697 supplied that information, so the next three tables are based on the 697 who supplied their log in date, and not the total of 946.
The second spreadsheet can be read like the second row of the first spreadsheet. I’ve shown total respondents (that gave their LID) and then the percentages of that total.
The next spreadsheet can be read as the last column of the first spreadsheet: This one lets you see things as a percentage of those who are leaving.
The final spreadsheet shows each quarter as a percent of total people planning to leave. I believe that those in February and March who want to pull out have probably already done so, and that is likely the reason for the jump from 5% to 18%.
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:26 pm
RQ:
You are the bees knees! LOL! You are truly a woman among women!
I would like your opinion about something. While I’m still hanging in there, I’ve been lately thinking that we should look into other options. With a late ’06 lid, I see what the reality of our situation could be, and I know I’m not alone in this.
Anyway, I’ve recently been looking at some other polls you’ve taken in that past on the “Poll Results” link. In each poll it looks like Jan, Feb, Mar, and even Apr are all big months, but then it looks like beginning in May ’06, the number of lids really slows down, especially around Jul and Aug ’06. Do you think it just appears this way because the closer one is to getting a referral, the more likely they are to visit this site and to participate in the polls? Therefore, the months closest to getting a referral will always look big compared to future months? Or, from all you’ve seen and heard, is it within the realm of possibility that fewer people were sending dossiers in mid to late ’06 than in early ’06? It looks like this could be because in the polls, things start to pick up again in Mar & Apr ’07. Obviously, those people are not close to a referral, yet they still participated in the polls.
I fully realize you cannot know for sure. Nobody really does. But as you have “connections” with many people and many agencies, and have been conducting the polls for awhile, I was wondering if there’s any thought on this out there at all. If so, this could possibly translate into a moderate speed up of referrals after Mar or Apr ’06 are processed. I’m not talking about attrition. Just the original numbers of lids. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
As always……….you rock RQ…you do have a way with #’s…
….hanging in with you till the end…..March 17, 2006 LID
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Thanks for the stats RQ.
I just realized this probably represents low numbers. People that responded to the survey are most likely people that are still reading RQ, and hence are still deciding to stay or leave. So, the survey results does not address the much higher margin of those that have already left.
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
KarenInCa – that’s exactly why I don’t do a poll or survey to ask about people who have already left the program. To get those numbers I get people who know how many people started in their LID ground and how many are left to put that information in. If you missed the results from that, you can find them here:
http://chinaadopttalk.com/2008/09/25/attrition-results-2/
This survey was not asking how many people have pulled out of the program. It is asking how many people are planning to pull out of the program once their Plan B is final. As you said, the number is probably still a bit low, but we’ve got a lot of people who are still checking in since their file is still active.
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Interesting results. I’m in the group that is switching to another country, but I’ll still be visiting here. There is so much good information about international adoption issues, attachment etc that can be found here, that I can still apply to my situation!