Table 4.
Access Patterns by Fathers and Mothers to Family-Support Services (percent)
| Fathers |
Mothers |
Chi-Square |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support Services | n | not used | 1 | 2–3 | >4 | n | not used | 1 | 2–3 | >4 | |
| General practitioner | 206 | 22.8 | 9.7 | 38.8 | 28.6 | 216 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 39.4 | 54.2 | 58.67** |
| Early childhood clinic | 192 | 28.6 | 9.9 | 18.2 | 43.2 | 215 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 10.7 | 84.2 | 84.53** |
| Family Care Cottage | 79 | 78.5 | 13.9 | 7.6 | 155 | 71.6 | 16.1 | 12.3 | 1.56 | ||
| Family Support Service | 62 | 95.2 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 93 | 95.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.92 | |
| Home Start | 28 | 85.7 | 3.6 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 54 | 90.7 | 1.9 | 7.4 | 2.21 | |
| Postnatal depression services | 89 | 97.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 151 | 87.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 7.90* | |
| Family Relationship Skills Program | 15 | 93.3 | 6.7 | 26 | 100.0 | 1.78 | |||||
| Kids Kare Line | 80 | 86.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 143 | 81.8 | 12.6 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 3.19 |
| Tresillian Help Line | 87 | 79.3 | 11.5 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 176 | 64.2 | 18.2 | 12.5 | 5.1 | 6.33* |
| Karitane Help Line | 35 | 97.1 | 2.9 | 124 | 86.3 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 4.82 | ||
| Poison Information Centre | 123 | 99.2 | 0.8 | 161 | 93.8 | 5.0 | 0.6 | .06 | 7.12 | ||
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.