For the 110 respondents who had accessed the National Archives of Australia Forced Adoption website (Figure E7), the two main reasons for doing so was to: Read about others, or contribute their own experiences of forced adoption (n = 91) Learn about the impact on adopted persons, mothers, fathers, and families (n = 69). Figure E7: Viewed features of the National Archives of Australia Forced Adoption website The majority of those who had accessed the National Archives of Australia Forced Adoption website found it helpful to some degree (86.9%, Table E34), with 38.2% rating it either very or extremely helpful. There were no statistically significant differences between adoptees and mothers, however mothers had a greater proportion of respondents finding the website to be very helpful. Table E34: Helpfulness of the National Archives of Australia Forced Adoption website Respondent Not at all Slightly Somewhat Very Extremely Missing Total helpful helpful helpful helpful helpful Adoptee 6 6 31 15 8 3 69 (8.7%) (8.7%) (44.9%) (21.7%) (11.6%) (4.3%) (62.7%) Mother 1 7 10 11 3 2 34 (2.9%) (20.6%) (29.4%) (32.4%) (8.8%) (5.9%) (30.9%) Other 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 (20.0%) (40.0%) (40.0%) (100.0%) Missing 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 (50.0%) (50.0%) (100.0%) Total 8 13 42 29 13 5 110 (7.3%) (11.8%) (38.2%) (26.4%) (11.8%) (4.5%) (100.0%) Exhibition awareness Respondents’ awareness of the ‘Without Consent: Australia’s past adoption practices’ exhibition by FASS target group category is shown in Table E35 and FASS usage status is shown in Table E36. While 40.2% of the sample were aware of the exhibition, almost half (48.8%) had not. A greater proportion of mothers knew about the exhibition when compared with adoptees, a difference that was statistically significant, χ2 (2) = 11.38, p < .01.
For the 110 respondents who had accessed the National Archives of Australia Forced Adoption website (Figure E7), the two main reasons for doing so was to: Read about others, or contribute their own experiences of forced adoption (n = 91) Learn about the impact on adopted persons, mothers, fathers, and families (n = 69). Figure E7: Viewed features of the National Archives of Australia Forced Adoption website The majority of those who had accessed the National Archives of Australia Forced Adoption website found it helpful to some degree (86.9%, Table E34), with 38.2% rating it either very or extremely helpful. There were no statistically significant differences between adoptees and mothers, however mothers had a greater proportion of respondents finding the website to be very helpful. Table E34: Helpfulness of the National Archives of Australia Forced Adoption website Respondent Not at all helpful Slightly helpful Somewhat helpful Very helpful Extremely helpful Missing Total Adoptee 6 (8.7%) 6 (8.7%) 31 (44.9%) 15 (21.7%) 8 (11.6%) 3 (4.3%) 69 (62.7%) Mother 1 (2.9%) 7 (20.6%) 10 (29.4%) 11 (32.4%) 3 (8.8%) 2 (5.9%) 34 (30.9%) Other 0 0 1 (20.0%) 2 (40.0%) 2 (40.0%) 0 5 (100.0%) Missing 1 (50.0%) 0 0 1 (50.0%) 0 0 2 (100.0%) Total 8 (7.3%) 13 (11.8%) 42 (38.2%) 29 (26.4%) 13 (11.8%) 5 (4.5%) 110 (100.0%) Exhibition awareness Respondents’ awareness of the ‘Without Consent: Australia’s past adoption practices’ exhibition by FASS target group category is shown in Table E35 and FASS usage status is shown in Table E36. While 40.2% of the sample were aware of the exhibition, almost half (48.8%) had not. A greater proportion of mothers knew about the exhibition when compared with adoptees, a difference that was statistically significant, χ2 (2) = 11.38, p < .01.
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