Adoptions Australia data visualisations

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Last updated: 13 Dec 2019

Author: AIHW

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. Adoptions Australia data visualisations. Cat. no. CWS 67. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 16 January 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/adoptions/adoptions-data-visualisations

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Adoptions Australia data visualisations. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/adoptions/adoptions-data-visualisations

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Adoptions Australia data visualisations. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 13 December 2019, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/adoptions/adoptions-data-visualisations

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Adoptions Australia data visualisations [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2019 [cited 2021 Jan. 16]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/adoptions/adoptions-data-visualisations

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2019, Adoptions Australia data visualisations, viewed 16 January 2021, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/adoptions/adoptions-data-visualisations

The Adoptions data visualisations allow you to explore data on adoptions through customisable charts and tables. The displays are updated annually and contain data back to 1998–99. Data in the displays are based on the National Adoptions Dataset Specifications.

Cat. no: CWS 67

Findings from this report:

In 2018–19, more males than females were adopted, 166 and 144 respectively
In 2018–19, 88% of local adoptions were ‘open’—i.e., all parties allowed a degree of contact or information exchange
In 2018–19, 56% of intercountry adoptions were from bilateral countries, a decrease from the previous year (62%).
Almost all (98%) of local adoptees and 65% of intercountry adoptees were under the age of 5

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Data quality statement

Adoptions Australia 2018–19 data quality statement.

Data on the displays are based on the National Adoptions Dataset Specifications.

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