Data set from Children in need

A4 Children in need by ethnicity, age and gender

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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 ethnicity.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2020
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Asian or Asian British
  • Black or Black British
  • Children in Need at 31st March
• 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	Known_ethnicity	Ethnicity_White	Ethnicity_Mixed	Ethnicity_Asian_or_Asian_British	Ethnicity_Black_or_Black_British	Other_ethnic_group
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Total	389260	373790	268070	32940	27650	32260	12870
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Female	172030	166290	123210	15010	11570	12680	3830
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Male	209430	203200	141580	17510	15850	19330	8930
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Unknown or Indeterminate gender	930	700	520	50	60	60	20
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Unborn	6860	3590	2760	370	180	190	90

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic
CIN_At31	Children in Need at 31st March
Ethnicity_Asian_or_Asian_British	Asian or Asian British
Ethnicity_Black_or_Black_British	Black or Black British
Ethnicity_Mixed	Mixed

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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. Black or black British comprises Caribbean, African or any other black background.
3. White comprises white British, white Irish, traveller of Irish heritage, any other white background and Gypsy/Roma.
4. Mixed comprises white and black Caribbean, white and black African, white and Asian, any other mixed background.
5. Other ethnic groups comprises Chinese and any other ethnic group.
6. Asian or Asian British comprises Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and any other Asian background.

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