Children living with parents in emotional distress: March 2022 update
The proportion of children living with at least one parent reporting symptoms of emotional distress, by family type and work status.
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These official statistics will be retired on 3 August 2026
This is because the methodology used - and, therefore, both the reliability and the consistency of these statistics over time - is likely to be impacted by a decline:
- in the sample size across Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study waves due to attrition and non-response
- in the representativeness of the sample used due to attrition and data collection mode changes
Retiring of these statistics complies with the Code of Practice for Statistics principles (trustworthiness, quality and value).
If you have feedback to offer on this change, contact mhit@dhsc.gov.uk.
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has published an update to 4 indicators reporting on the proportion of children living with:
- at least one parent reporting symptoms of emotional distress
- a mother reporting symptoms of emotional distress
- a father reporting symptoms of emotional distress
- both parents reporting symptoms of emotional distress
Data is available:
- for trends between the periods 2010 to 2020
- by family type and work status for the period 2019 to 2020
Updates to this page
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Added advance notification of the retirement of these official statistics on 3 August 2026.
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Note added to advise that the 2024 update is currently paused.
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Note added to advise the 2023 update is currently paused
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First published.