3301.0 - Births, Australia, 2010 Quality Declaration
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 25/10/2011
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NUPTIAL AND EX-NUPTIAL BIRTHS Acknowledgement of paternity When a birth is ex-nuptial, there is a possibility that the father may not acknowledge the birth (that is, the father has not signed the birth registration statement). While the number of ex-nuptial births has increased greatly over the past twenty years, the proportion of births for which paternity was not acknowledged has decreased. In 1990, paternity was not acknowledged for around 23% of all ex-nuptial births, however, by 2010 this proportion had decreased to 9%. Births where paternity is not acknowledged have decreased from 5% of all births in 1990 to 3% in 2010.
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