shinimeggie
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2019
- Messages
- 245
- Reaction score
- 1,314
The BBC reports --
'Very few babies are recorded as abandoned at birth in England and Wales. The ONS only published data until 2015, and that showed no babies were registered as abandoned for the previous three years, with just one logged as abandoned in 2011.
However academic researchers estimate the number higher, external, at about 16 per year - in analysis covering the period 1998-2005.'
So it sounds like they're measuring what 'abandonment of a baby' means differently to reach two separate conclusions -- if I'm reading this correctly they're also measuring different years. It's still rare, however, even if we take the 16 number.
Source: Abandoned baby Elsa is third newborn deserted by same parents.
'Very few babies are recorded as abandoned at birth in England and Wales. The ONS only published data until 2015, and that showed no babies were registered as abandoned for the previous three years, with just one logged as abandoned in 2011.
However academic researchers estimate the number higher, external, at about 16 per year - in analysis covering the period 1998-2005.'
So it sounds like they're measuring what 'abandonment of a baby' means differently to reach two separate conclusions -- if I'm reading this correctly they're also measuring different years. It's still rare, however, even if we take the 16 number.
Source: Abandoned baby Elsa is third newborn deserted by same parents.