Data set from Children in need

A3 Children in need by gender, age and primary need

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Children in need at 31 March by gender, age (at 31 March) and primary need.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2020
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Children in Need at 31st March
  • N0 - Not stated
  • N1 - Abuse or neglect
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
• Time period: 2018 to 2020

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	category	characteristic	CIN_At31	N1_Abuse_or_neglect	N2_Childs_disability_or_illness	N3_Parents_disability_or_illness	N4_Family_in_acute_stress	N5_Family_dysfunction	N6_Socially_unacceptable_behaviour	N7_Low_income	N8_Absent_parenting	N9_Cases_other_than_CIN	N0_Not_stated
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Total	389260	217440	31940	9420	32860	54810	8180	1540	15950	4110	13010
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Female	172030	102680	10690	4350	14900	25490	2830	700	2830	1760	5810
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Male	209430	109650	21200	4740	17430	28160	5290	810	13090	2310	6750
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Unknown or Indeterminate gender	930	500	30	50	80	120	10	10	10	20	110
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Unborn	6860	4610	20	290	450	1050	50	20	20	20	350

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic
CIN_At31	Children in Need at 31st March
N0_Not_stated	N0 - Not stated
N1_Abuse_or_neglect	N1 - Abuse or neglect
N2_Childs_disability_or_illness	N2 - Child's disability or illness

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Footnotes

1. A child in need is defined under the Children Act 1989 as a child who is unlikely to reach or maintain a satisfactory level of health or development, or their health or development will be significantly impaired without the provision of children's social care services, or the child is disabled.
2. When a child is referred to children's social care with a request for services to be provided the main reason why the child started to receive services is recorded as their primary need.

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