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 27 October 2022

Last updated 27 October 2022

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 2022
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Asian or Asian British
  • Black or Black British
  • Children in Need at 31st March
• 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	Known_ethnicity	Ethnicity_White	Ethnicity_Mixed	Ethnicity_Asian_or_Asian_British	Ethnicity_Black_or_Black_British	Other_ethnic_group
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Total	404310	389050	273260	35560	31230	34030	14970
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Female	178980	173460	126580	16460	13120	13370	3930
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Male	216930	211080	143220	18690	17840	20400	10930
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Unknown or Indeterminate gender	1100	870	640	80	60	60	30
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children in Need at 31 March	Unborn	7300	3650	2830	340	200	200	80

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

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