Data set from Children in need

A4 National time series of children in need by ethnicity and age and gender

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Published 26 October 2023

Last updated 26 October 2023

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 2023
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Asian or Asian British
  • Black or Black British
  • Children in Need at 31st March
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
• Time period: 2018 to 2023

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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	White	Mixed	Asian_or_Asian_British	Black_or_Black_British	Other_group
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Total	403090	389690	270580	36090	31320	35340	16360
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Female	176030	171470	124900	16630	12610	13540	3800
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Male	218950	213880	142490	19000	18470	21510	12410
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Unknown or Indeterminate gender	1080	910	650	80	50	70	50
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Unborn	7020	3430	2550	380	190	220	100

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
Asian_or_Asian_British	Asian or Asian British
Black_or_Black_British	Black or Black British
characteristic	Characteristic
CIN_At31	Children in Need at 31st March
Known	Known ethnicity

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Footnotes

1. White comprises white British, white Irish, traveller of Irish heritage, Gypsy/Roma and any other white background.
2. Mixed comprises white and black Caribbean, white and black African, white and Asian and any other mixed background.
3. Asian or Asian British comprises Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese and any other Asian background.
4. Black or black British comprises Caribbean, African and any other black background.
5. Data for the years ending 31 March 2021 and 2022 is not available for Hackney local authority, therefore 2020 data for Hackney has been included in 2021 and 2022 national totals, and regional totals for inner London and London. Refer to the methodology section for more information.

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