Adoptions Australia data visualisations

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Last updated: 12 Dec 2018

Author: AIHW

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018. Adoptions Australia data visualisations. Cat. no. CWS 67. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 07 December 2019, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/adoptions/adoptions-data-visualisations

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). 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, 12 December 2018, 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, 2018 [cited 2019 Dec. 7]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/adoptions/adoptions-data-visualisations

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2018, Adoptions Australia data visualisations, viewed 7 December 2019, 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:

Most adoptees seeking information about a past adoption were 35 years old or over
All local adoptees were under 5 years old whilst 53% of known child adoptees were aged 10 years or over
94% of local adoptions in 2017–18 were ‘open’—i.e., all parties allowed a degree of contact or information exchange
In 2017–18, 62% of intercountry adoptions were from bilateral countries, an increase from the previous year (55%)

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(7 February 2019) Data visualisation updated due to incorrect order of colours in the legend: Intercountry placements, by age group and median length of time’ and ‘Intercountry placements, selected country of origin and median length of time’.

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Adoptions Australia 2017–18 data quality statement

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

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