Child protection and child’s best interests Children and young people taken into care, by personal characteristics

Protective measures1 (in accordance with Sections 42, 42a of the Social Code, Book VIII) for children and young people, 2022, by age group, sex, migrant background and initiator of the measure
Sex
Age from … to
under … years		TotalAt own request
(Section 42 (1) no. 1 of Social Code, Book VIII)		Due to acute child endangerment
(Section 42 (1) no. 2 of Social Code, Book VIII)		Due to unaccompanied entry from abroad
(Sections 42a, 42 (2) no. 3 of Social Code, Book VIII)
subtotalincluding:
due to preceding danger assessment3

1: Children/young people may have been counted twice, for instance, if they were first taken into care temporarily in accordance with Section 42a of the Social Code, Book VIII and then regularly in accordance with Section 42 (1) no. 3 of the Social Code, Book VIII.

2: Children and young people with sex "not stated" (in accordance with Section 22 (3) of the Civil Status Act - PStG) are randomly assigned to the male or female gender in classified cases..

3: Procedure for assessing the danger to a child's best interests in accordance with Section 8a (1)

- = No figures or magnitude zero.

Total66 4448 03229 84813 21128 564
under 34 780- 4 7062 580 74
3 to 96 430 1105 8923 141 428
9 to 1411 3901 8057 2103 4262 375
14 to 1616 2202 8666 3392 2397 015
16 to 1827 6243 2515 7011 82518 672
with at least one parent from a foreign country45 4863 78713 1356 24028 564
Male242 7272 91014 7186 00525 099
under 32 552- 2 5101 386 42
3 to 93 499 473 1971 657 255
9 to 145 649 5233 3111 4171 815
14 to 1610 051 9412 767 8256 343
16 to 1820 9761 3992 933 72016 644
with at least one parent from a foreign country32 9451 2986 5482 83225 099
Female223 7175 12215 1307 2063 465
under 32 228- 2 1961 194 32
3 to 92 931 632 6951 484 173
9 to 145 7411 2823 8992 009 560
14 to 166 1691 9253 5721 414 672
16 to 186 6481 8522 7681 1052 028
with at least one parent from a foreign country12 5412 4896 5873 4083 465

As at 26 June 2023

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