Table 5 Assistance seeking and source of assistance by legal issue
Problem | Ever had probleman (% of total) | Received legal assistance n (% of total with problem) | Where sought assistance n (% of total receiving assistance) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private | Nonprofit | Police | Social Work | Government Agencies | Informal/Personal | ||||
Housing | 56 (4) | 12 (21) | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||||
Obtaining employment | 169 (11) | 45 (27) | 1 | 4 | 30 | ||||
Obtaining residence permit | 24 (2) | 12 (50) | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||||
Obtaining ID document | 101 (7) | 62 (61) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 51 | ||
Making a will | 1 (.07) | 1 (100) | 1 | ||||||
Discrimination | |||||||||
Work | 51 (4) | 17 (33) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
School | 15 (1) | 8 (53) | 8 | ||||||
Health care | 16 (1) | 0 | |||||||
Relationship issues | |||||||||
Abusive partner | 79 (5) | 39 (49) | 2 | 21 | 1 | 17 | |||
Divorce/separation | 2 (.14) | 1 (50) | 1 | ||||||
Maintenance | 67 (5) | 21 (31) | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
Custody | 11 (.74) | 6 (55) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
TOTAL (instances) | 592 | 224 (38) | 4 | 16 | 32 | 12 | 25 | 126 | |