Statistical information and data - Children’s Convention from the United Nations

Replies to questions about statistical information and data

The replies to questions on statistical information and data are available in the data annex.

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Questions on statistical information and data

32. The statistical information and disaggregated data provided by the State party should cover the period since the consideration of its previous reports on the implementation of the Convention and the Optional Protocols thereto. The data should be disaggregated by age, sex, type of disability, ethnic origin, national origin, geographical location and socioeconomic status.
33. The provision of tables setting out trends over the reporting period is recommended. Explanations of or comments on significant changes that have taken place over the reporting period should also be provided.

General measures of implementation

34. Please provide information on the budget lines regarding children and social sectors by indicating the amount allocated to each budget line and its proportion in terms of the total national budget.

Definition of the child

35. Please provide data, disaggregated as described in paragraph 32 above, on the following:
    1. The number and proportion of children under 18 years of age living in the State party;
    2. The number of children under 18 years of age who were married in the State party or whose marriage abroad was recognized by the State party.

General principles

36. Please provide data, disaggregated as described in paragraph 32 above, on the number of cases of discrimination against children and the type of sanction delivered (disciplinary, administrative or penal).
    • Reply to 36: See the reply to paragraph 9(c)
37. Please provide data, disaggregated as described in paragraph 32 above, on the number of children under 18 years of age who died by suicide.
    • Reply to 37: See tables 4-8 of the Data Annex.

Violence against children

38. Please provide data, disaggregated as described in paragraph 32 above, on the following:
    1. The number of reported cases of violence and abuse against children, including sexual abuse, the investigations conducted, the prosecutions carried out and the sentences delivered, further disaggregated by type of offence, whether it occurred in State care and type of disability, if applicable;
    2. The number of intersex children who have undergone surgery or treatment related to their sexual characteristics.

Family environment and alternative care

39. Please provide data, disaggregated as described in paragraph 32 above, on the following:
    1. The number and proportion of families and children receiving economic and other types of support services, including counselling and services for the treatment of alcohol or drug-related problems;
    2. The number of children in institutional care and the average length of stay;
    3. The number of children in family-based and community-based care;
    4. The number of children adopted domestically and internationally.
       • Reply to 39(d): In 2019/2020, 136 adoption applications were filed in New Zealand. This number has decreased over the past 10 years, with 212 adoption applications filed in 2010/2011. Almost half of these children (49%) were aged under 12 months.

Children with disabilities

40. Please provide data, disaggregated as described in paragraph 32 above, and further disaggregated by type of disability, on the number of:
    1. Children with disabilities;
    2. Children with disabilities living with their families;
    3. Children with disabilities living in institutional care and in family-based and community-based care;
    4. Children with disabilities who have been sterilized.

Basic health and welfare

41. Please provide data, disaggregated as described in paragraph 32 above, on the following:
    1. The number of paediatric and mental health services and professionals specializing in young children and adolescents, further disaggregated by municipality;
    2. The number and proportion of children living below the poverty line and in extreme poverty;
    3. The number and proportion of teenage pregnancies;
    4. The incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents;
    5. The number and proportion of infants up to 6 months of age that are exclusively breastfed.

Education, leisure and cultural activities

42. Please provide data, disaggregated as described in paragraph 32 above, on the number of:
    1. Children attending regular and partnership schools;
    2. Children with disabilities enrolled in inclusive education and in separate schools.

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