Office for National Statistics presents analysis of self-harm reports by parents about their children aged 5-15 and by the children themselves aged 11-15. The dataset is designated as Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.
Use Cases
- Analyze prevalence of self-harm among children and adolescents based on parent and child reports.
- Study age-related differences in self-harm reporting based on the 5-15 and 11-15 age groups.
- Investigate potential discrepancies between parent-reported and child-reported self-harm behaviors.
Strengths
- Data originates from the Office for National Statistics, a major official statistical body.
- Includes reports from two distinct sources: parents and the children themselves.
- Covers a specific age range of 5-15 years for parent reports and 11-15 for child self-reports.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data.
Provenance
- Source
- Office for National Statistics
- Collection Method
- Survey data from parents and children.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:50.005367; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- United Kingdom