Data set from Children in need

A7 Children in Need by Gender, Age and Ethnicity

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Children in need by gender, age 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:
  • Number
  • Percentage
• Filters:
  • Characteristic type
• Time period: 2015 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	characteristic_type	number	percent
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Total	Total	389260	100
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Gender	Female	172030	44.2
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Gender	Male	209430	53.8
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Gender	Unknown/Indeterminate gender	930	0.2
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Unborn	Unborn	6860	1.8

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic_type	Characteristic type
number	Number
percent	Percentage

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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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