This report is an abstract of a full-length research document of the same name and presents the forms and content of the full research document in summarized format. The summary includes a description of the research, the orderly departure program, information on Amerasian familes in Vietnam (mothers before 1975, changes after 1975, leaving the country) and information on Amerasian families in the U.S. (profile of arrivals, health and mental health, discrimination in the U.S., identity, employment, adjustment, adoptive mothers, those left behind in Vietnam, and the overall outlook on life in the U.S.). There are also chapters on resettlement issues and unaccompanied minors.
