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Year	Adopted by strangers	Lived with mother and partner	Lived with single mother	Other situations	Legitmated by mother's marriage	Lived with relatives
1958	33.75658098	25.48776711	16.44471973	6.875193558	2.384639207	3.437596779
1959	33.14949202	23.77358491	16.19738752	7.227866473	1.886792453	3.367198839
1960	37.82068236	20.41787887	15.78947368	6.902935731	1.719121925	3.570483999
1961	34.46879466	23.79704621	15.91233921	7.6703192	2.548832778	3.596950929
1962	33.89520715	24.41104793	15.39398863	7.554833469	1.929325751	3.371242892
1963	33.16082803	22.43232484	15.56528662	7.663216561	1.871019108	2.945859873
1964	34.27206851	20.96508564	16.37022398	6.719367589	2.420948617	3.639657444
1965	34.87808572	20.05149175	16.62880509	8.162956232	2.256550053	3.362108133
1966	33.05856833	17.48373102	17.93203181	6.652205351	2.906724512	3.297180043
1967	40.20667727	20.49284579	22.33704293	9.109697933	3.926868045	3.926868045
1968	34.91158015	22.70393611	24.14432402	10.76725613	3.166001141	4.306902453
1969	25.73505121	19.90970157	20.43827772	9.294130602	2.543772712	2.719964762
1970	32.34963463	24.98594716	27.40303541	8.403597527	3.569421023	3.28836425
1971	22.51401869	17.3364486	20.35514019	9.841121495	3.140186916	2.981308411
1972	19.54624782	17.27748691	21.06181685	7.908514742	2.874988518	2.296316708
1973	22.31835961	24.14365296	29.09802062	17.6603058	3.247599858	3.532061159
1974	18.40414741	27.17232052	29.36999887	19.42973064	2.986588527	2.63721402
1975	11.81095327	24.64040025	26.28428482	9.434467971	2.483695167	1.876172608
1976	12.72196546	33.61712479	35.69691073	12.11384091	3.405497446	2.444660667
1977	10.75507935	36.28828465	35.08541393	11.89730112	3.143636915	2.830284039
1978	10.20534517	39.93395934	38.5305954	7.120008255	2.579713136	1.630378702
1979	9.248480145	40.96494632	37.67947225	7.204760057	2.975035571	1.927305653
1980	5.951812977	41.94895038	33.8740458	12.11832061	2.552480916	3.554389313

"Source: Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives, 1960-1981"						

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