The manual questionnaire asked inmates with any children (i.e., including both those who had, and did not have, custodial care of the child prior to imprisonment) to identify where / in whose care their dependent children were while the inmate was in prison. The table below summarises the responses
Table 9-3 Care of sentenced inmates’ children
|
Caregiver |
Female |
Male |
Total |
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|
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
|
|
Partner / ex-partner |
36 |
21.3% |
1781 |
78.6% |
1817 |
74.6% |
|
Immediate family |
66 |
39.1% |
189 |
8.3% |
255 |
10.5% |
|
Wider family/whanau/in-laws |
30 |
17.8% |
90 |
4.0% |
120 |
4.95 |
|
Foster care (CYF, etc) |
13 |
7.7% |
39 |
1.7% |
52 |
2.1% |
|
“Don't know” |
2 |
1.2% |
40 |
1.8% |
42 |
1.7% |
|
Other |
22 |
13.0% |
128 |
5.6% |
150 |
6.2% |
|
Total responses |
169 |
100.0% |
2267 |
100.0% |
2436 |
100.0% |