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ADOPTION APPLICATIONS 2003
Table 1: Number of adoption applications by gender, 1983 to 2003
Year | Boys | Girls | Total | Of which, adoptions from overseas (2) | % of applications for boys |
1983 | 575 | 506 | 1,081 | N.A. | 53% |
1984 | 492 | 446 | 938 | N.A. | 52% |
1985 | 462 | 480 | 942 | N.A. | 49% |
1986 | 556 | 500 | 1,056 | N.A. | 53% |
1987 | 551 | 472 | 1,023 | N.A. | 54% |
1988 | 452 | 384 | 836 | 7 | 54% |
1989 | 461 | 397 | 858 | 11 | 54% |
1990 | 385 | 393 | 778 | 7 | 49% |
1991 | 321 | 340 | 737 (1) | 5 | 49% |
1992 | 406 | 380 | 786 | 36 | 52% |
1993 | 391 | 395 | 786 | 13 | 50% |
1994 | 341 | 271 | 612 | 9 | 56% |
1995 | 265 | 290 | 555 | 11 | 48% |
1996 | 278 | 266 | 544 | 4 | 51% |
1997 | 222 | 221 | 443 | 3 | 50% |
1998 | 216 | 260 | 476 | 11 | 45% |
1999 | 236 | 216 | 452 | 5 | 52% |
2000 | 206 | 199 | 405 | 17 | 51% |
2001 | 215 | 203 | 418 | 8 | 51% |
2002 | 188 | 172 | 360 | 6 | 52% |
2003 | 190 | 183 | 373 | 15 | 51% |
% change 2002 to 2003 | 1% | 6% | 4% | 150% | - |
% change 1993 to 2003 | -51% | -54% | -53% | 15% | - |
% change 1983 to 2003 | -67% | -64% | -65% | N.A. | - |
(1) The 1991 figure includes 76 cases where information on the gender of the child was not available.
(2) N.A. indicates that figures are not available for that year.
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