Adoptions Australia 2013-14
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Topic: Adoptions
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Adoptions Australia 2013-14, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 September 2023.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Adoptions Australia 2013-14. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Adoptions Australia 2013-14. AIHW, 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Adoptions Australia 2013-14. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Adoptions Australia 2013-14, AIHW, Canberra.
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Adoptions Australia 2013–14, the 24th report in the series, presents the latest data on adoptions of Australian children and children from overseas, and highlights important trends in the number of adoptions back to 1989–90. Data cover characteristics of adopted children, their parents and adoptive families, as well as applications and vetoes for contact and information exchange, and intercountry adoption processing times. During 2013–14, 317 adoptions were finalised across Australia. Among these adoptions: –64% were children from Australia and 36% were from overseas –28% were by carers, such as foster parents –32% of adoptees came from Asia –45% of adoptees were aged under 5.
- ISSN: 1320-081X
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-670-2
- Cat. no: CWS 51
- Pages: 120
Findings from this report:
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100% of local adoptees were aged under 5, compared with 72% of intercountry adoptees and 9% of known child adoptees
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There were 157 known child, 114 intercountry and 46 local adoptions
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During 2013–14, there were 317 adoptions finalised across Australia
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The median time for an intercountry child to be placed with their adoptive family was 5 years