Chidren's Social Work Statistics 2002-03

TABLE 17 YOUNG PEOPLE IN SECURE ACCOMMODATION (ALSO INCLUDED IN PREVIOUS TABLES) BY GENDER, AGE, AND LENGTH OF STAY

	31 March 2002		31 March 2003		% change 2002 to 2003
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	% change 2002 to 2003
Gender of residents
Boys	69	72	69	77	0
Girls	27	28	21	23	-22
Age of Residents
13 years old or under	17	18	12	13	-29
14 years	13	14	13	14	0
15 years	40	42	40	44	0
16 years or over	26	27	25	28	-4
Length of stay of residents
Less than 1 month	16	17	17	19	6
1 month to under 2 months	13	14	20	22	54
2 months to under 3 months	16	17	7	8	-56
3 months to under 6 months	25	26	21	23	-16
6 months to under 1 year	17	18	15	17	-12
1 year or more	9	9	10	11	11
Total	96	*100*	90	100	-6
Admissions during the year to (by age on admission)
13 years old or under	44	19	46	18	5
14 years	51	22	65	25	27
15 years	108	47	123	48	14
16 years or over	27	12	24	9	-11
Total	230	*100*	258	100	12
Discharges during the year to 31 March 2001 (by length of stay on discharge)
Less than 1 month	52	24	74	28	42
1 month to under 2 months	12	5	20	8	67
2 months to under 3 months	27	12	27	10	0
3 months to under 6 months	75	34	78	30	4
6 months to under 1 year	39	18	43	17	10
1 year or more	16	7	18	7	13
Total	221	*100*	260	100	18

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