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Chidren's Social Work Statistics 2002-03

Statistics on child protection, children looked after, children in residential accommodation, social work staff and finance in Scotland

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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