Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stolen Generations and descendants: numbers, demographic characteristics and selected outcomes.

Abstract

"This overview outlines key findings from the analyses of the estimated numbers and<br/ >demographic characteristics of proxy measures of the Stolen Generations and the<br/ >descendants of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people removed from their families.<br/ >It also covers the key findings from examining the relationship between being removed, and<br/ >being a descendant, regarding 38 outcomes that cover health status, health risk factors,<br/ >cultural factors and socioeconomic indicators for the most recent data, as well as changes<br/ >over time. In this component of the analysis, the Stolen Generations proxy population was<br/ >compared with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the same age cohort who were<br/ >not removed. In addition, the descendants of all people removed were compared with<br/ >Indigenous people who had not experienced any type of removal. Comparisons with<br/ >non-Indigenous Australians were also carried out for a smaller set of outcomes."