International Parenting Survey -

CanadaCatherine M. Lee

University of Ottawa

IPSAustralia

14 Canadian investigator

s

29 partner agencies

1938 parents

uOttawa report team

Who are we?

IPS IPS comes to Canada Key findings from Hastings and Prince

Edward Lessons learned

Overview

International Parenting Survey (Morawska, Heinrichs & Sanders)

IPS Goals

Bringing the IPS to Canada

Websites Email messages Electronic newsletters Posters At events and activities

Recruitment

IPS-C Findings

IPS-C spring 2012 sample

ON57%

AB31%

QC6%

BC2%

SK1%

NS0%

PE0%Unknown

3%

Available online at:◦ http://

www.sciencessociales.uottawa.ca/fampsy/eng/projects_ipsc_partners.asp

Full sample and separate reports divided by : ◦ Child age◦ Parent age◦ Parent gender◦ Marital status◦ Parental employment◦ Adequacy of income◦ Family type

Report on Canadian sample

Hastings and Prince Edward 181 parents

Child Characteristics

Series10

5

10

15

20

25

17.2

3.9

11.0

2.2

Chronic illness

Physical

Intellect./Develop.

Other

Child Disability by Type (%)1

Family Type (%)1

OriginalStepSingle parentOther

70.78.318.22.8

Respondent Relationship to Child (%)1

Biological or Adoptive ParentStep Parent Foster ParentOther

97.20.60.61.7

Number of Children in Household2

Mean Range

2.01-6

Family Characteristics

Parent Characteristics

Parent Gender

Male 1 Female 2

Age (in years)MeanSDRange

38.46.7

29.0-52.0

35.47.1

18.0-52.0

Marital Status (%)Married or CohabitingSingleDivorced/SeparatedWidow/er

71.421.47.10

78.513.38.20

Parent Characteristics: By Parent Gender

Income Adequacy1

Adequate74%

Inadequate26%

Current Service Use

Current Service Use

Paediatrician/Family Doctor

Nurse

Teacher

Counsellor/Social Worker

Psychologist

Psychiatrist

Other

0 25 50 75

62

18

38

38

8

4

20

Types of professionals consulted2

* Respondents could endorse more than one type of professional

• 33.0% of respondents consulted a professional about their children’s behaviour in the last 12 months1

Awareness of and Participation

in Parent Training Programs

Awareness of Parent Training Programs (%)1

0

25

50

75

100

73.3

6.93.4

27.2

19.4

6.3 11.6

Triple PIncredible YearsBricks and MortarNobody's PerfectCOPESNAPOther

* Respondents could endorse more than one program

Participation in Parent Training Programs (%)1

0

5

10

15

20

25

16.6

0.60

4.5

1.20

9.4

Triple PIncredible YearsBricks and MortarNobody's PerfectCOPESNAPOther

* Respondents could endorse more than one program

Reasons for not Participating in Parent Training Programs

Reasons for not Participating (%)1

0

25

50

75

100

64.8

35.9 36.8

21.120.0

12.89.7 9.4

Did not feel the need

Wasn't aware of any programs

Lack of time

Competing work com-mitments

Inconvenient timing of services

No access to child care

Inconvenient location of services

Financial cost

* Respondents could endorse more than one reason

Satisfaction with Parenting Support

Satisfaction with Parenting Support (%)1

Information Services0

25

50

75

6.9 7.09.8 10.5

16.8 19.3

52.6 49.7

13.9 13.5

Not at all satis-fied

Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

Somewhat satis-fied

Satisfied

Extremely satis-fied

Preferences for Parent Services

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6 6.2

4.94.2

5

3.9

6.4 5.8 6.1 5.4 5.5

3.3

Perceived usefulness of service formats (mean)1

Preferences for Parent Services

Not at all useful

Extremely Useful

10

1

5

Need:◦ More funding◦ To abbreviate and simplify questionnaire◦ To collaborate on survey for First Nations, Métis

and Inuit◦ To translate to other languages.

Lessons learned

The IPS-C team would like to express its gratitude to the partner agencies for your tireless efforts in

recruiting parents for this study! The success of this project would not have been possible without all of

your hard work.

Thank you!