Data set from Children in need

A3 National times series of children in need by gender, age and primary need

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Published 27 October 2022

Last updated 27 October 2022

Children in need by gender, age and primary need.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Children in Need at 31st March
  • N0 - Not stated
  • N1 - Abuse or neglect
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
• Time period: 2018 to 2022

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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
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Total	404310	230830	32160	8930	34740	53600	8200	1340	18410	3680	12420
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Female	178980	109920	10820	4170	16000	24940	2710	590	2740	1600	5500
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Male	216930	115460	21250	4500	18090	27340	5440	720	15630	2050	6450
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Unknown or Indeterminate gender	1100	560	40	40	140	140	10	10	20	10	120
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Unborn	7300	4900	40	220	520	1180	40	10	30	10	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. 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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