# Key Statistics on Adoption Service

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- ID: ` hk-swd-fcw-key-statistics-on-adoption-service `
- Publisher: [Social Welfare Department](/publishers/d545faf5-0f72-4606-9150-f11714c3e73d/) · [Markdown](/publishers/d545faf5-0f72-4606-9150-f11714c3e73d/index.md)
- Categories: [Community and Social Welfare](/categories/social-welfare/) · [Markdown](/categories/social-welfare/index.md)
- Tags: Not stated
- Resources: 1
- Updated: 2026-02-05T17:08:53.120292
- Update frequency (publisher metadata): Half-yearly
- Harvest started: 2026-10-20T22:31:00.105Z
- Licence: Not stated
- Source: [Official metadata record](<https://data.gov.hk/en-data/api/3/action/package_show?id=hk-swd-fcw-key-statistics-on-adoption-service>)

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## Description

The dataset provides the key statistics on adoption service including number of adoption applications being handled and characteristics of children available for adoption\.

## Resources

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### [Key Statistics on Adoption Service](<https://www.swd.gov.hk/datagovhk/fcw/key-statistics-on-adoption-service.csv>)

- Resource ID: ` 8f36feed-ed63-4e37-8372-f11a58a431e2 `
- Format: CSV
- Language: en, zh-Hant
- Updated: 2026-02-05T17:08:53.134335
- API flag (publisher metadata): N
- Original URL: ` https://www.swd.gov.hk/datagovhk/fcw/key-statistics-on-adoption-service.csv `

The dataset provides the key statistics on adoption service including number of adoption applications being handled and characteristics of children available for adoption\.

## Specifications (source links)

### Publisher documentation

- [Data dictionary](<https://www.swd.gov.hk/datagovhk/fcw/key-statistics-on-adoption-service-DataDic.pdf>) — source-linked; Dataset: data\_dictionary
- [Publisher source](<https://www.swd.gov.hk/en/pubsvc/family/cat_childcareservice/adoptionse/>) — source-linked; Dataset: sources

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## Document availability

Parsed specifications and data dictionaries: not available for this dataset. [Document availability](/documents.md).