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Data quality statement
Adoptions Australia 2016–17 data quality statement
Data in the displays are based on the National Adoptions Dataset Specifications.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Adoptions Australia 2016–17, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 April 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Adoptions Australia 2016–17. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Adoptions Australia 2016–17. AIHW, 2017.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Adoptions Australia 2016–17. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Adoptions Australia 2016–17, AIHW, Canberra.
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Adoptions Australia 2016–17, the 27th 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 1992–93. Data cover characteristics of adopted children, their parents and adoptive families, as well as applications and vetoes for contact and information exchange, issued immigration visas and intercountry processing times.
315 adoptions were finalised
45% of all adoptions were by known carers, such as foster parents
100% of local adoptees, and 74% of intercountry adoptees, were aged under 5
2 years and 9 months was the median processing time for intercountry placements
Adoptions Australia 2016–17 data quality statement
Data in the displays are based on the National Adoptions Dataset Specifications.