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2011 The Palm Beach County Family Study (Full Report)

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Table C- 22. Patterns of Service Use by Nativity in 12 Months Prior to Surveys over Time aYear 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5Service AreaForeignbornborn born born born born born born born bornU.S.- Foreign-U.S.- Foreign-U.S.- Foreign-U.S.- Foreign-U.S.-(n=167) (n=143) (n=167) (n=143) (n=167) (n=143) (n=167) (n=143) (n=167) (n=143)Healthcare for mother or children 78 71 94 97 90 97* 89 89 84 87Getting enough food (WIC, foodstamps)91 87 87 86 75 61* 74 65 73 70<strong>Family</strong> planning or birth control — b — 44 20*** 35 20** 26 13** 29 20Dental care 10 34*** 17 38*** 22 31 46 66*** 52 68**Childcare assistance (includes subsidy) 8 29*** 10 46*** 22 36** 22 56*** 33 51**Parenting information 70 77 20 27 8 15* 2 8* 8 8Paying rent or bills 5 17** 2 19*** 3 19*** 3 20*** 3 30***Housing or emergency shelter c 1 10** 6 14* 3 18*** 3 20*** 4 18***Transportation 17 18 15 16 4 11* 1 8** 5 9Legal issues 1 4 1 4 5 6 4 10* 7 6Employment 2 8** 2 9** 2 4 1 9** 3 16***Clothes for children 4 8 2 7 1 4 2 2 4 6Mental health or substance abuse 1 4 0 4* 3 4 5 11 8 13Translating things into English d — — 12 0 8 0 3 0 9 0Mean (SD) of items common over 3.0 3.9 2.9 3.9 2.6 3.4 2.8 3.8 3.4 4.4time(1.2) (2.2)*** (1.3) (2.2)*** (1.5) (2.1)*** (1.9) (2.2)*** (2.3) (2.5)***a Data were weighted to adjust for oversampling of mothers from the Glades and mothers screened “at risk.”b Item not included in the year 1 survey.c <strong>The</strong> year 1 survey had one item combining housing and emergency shelter, but were asked as two separate items in all subsequent surveys; they are combined in this analysis.d Only those mothers who do not speak English as their primary language were asked this question (n=146, 150, 153, 142).One-way ANOVA and chi-square tests indicate differences are statistically significant at *p < .05, **p < .01, or ***p < .001.Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago 208

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