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Table 1 Profile of Littles and Bigs in BBBS-M program (as at November 2003)

From: Are youth mentoring programs good value-for-money? An evaluation of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Melbourne Program

Variable

 

Current

Past

Waiting

Rejected

Total

Littles

Number

109

141

189

 

439

  

%

%

%

%

%

Gender

Males

31

56

56

 

49

 

Females

70

44

44

 

51

Age at referral

5–7 years

24

19

17

 

19

 

8–10 years

47

40

32

 

38

 

11–14 years

26

33

43

 

36

 

15–18 years

3

4

5

 

4

 

Not available

 

4

2

 

2

Primary reason for referral

Lack of role model

    

42

 

Isolation

    

17

 

Parental substance abuse

    

2

 

Parental psychiatric disability

    

7

 

Sibling disability

    

3

 

Abuse

    

4

 

Lack of peer friendships

    

3

 

Other

    

22

Bigs

Number

107

148

24

23

302

  

%

%

%

%

%

Gender

Males

31

30

8

39

30

 

Females

69

70

92

61

70

Age at referral

<20 years

6

8

4

4

7

 

20–29 years

47

51

46

30

47

 

30–39 years

37

32

46

26

35

 

40 years and over

10

7

4

35

11

 

Not available

 

1

 

4

 

Marital status

Single

66

70

67

61

68

 

Married/de facto

25

19

21

13

21

 

Divorced

5

5

8

4

5

 

Other/not available

4

7

4

22

6