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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2013 Apr;17(3):566–575. doi: 10.1007/s10995-012-1033-8

Table 3.

Patterns of CPS referral and out-of-home foster placement in only the MA exposed groups in the US and NZ

US-MA
(N ═ 182)
N (%)
NZ-MA
(N ═ 107)
N (%)
P value
CPS referrals 112 (61.50 %) 39 (36.40 %) <0.001
Out of home placement 57 (31.8 %)a 6 (5.6 %) <0.001
Drug only referrals 44 (24.2 %) 6 (5.6 %) <0.001
Both drug/other referrals 65 (35.7 %) 32 (29.9 %) 0.313
a

N ═ 179

Bold values indicate significant findings (P < 0.05)