Description for chart 7
Court-ordered child support arrangements most likely to be registered with a Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP)

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The title of the graph is "Chart 7 Court-ordered child support arrangements most likely to be registered with a Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP)."
This is a column clustered chart.
There are in total 4 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 80 with ticks every 10 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "%."
The horizontal axis is "Written arrangement."
The title of series 1 is "Registered with MEP."
The minimum value is 38 and it corresponds to "prepared on their own."
The maximum value is 76 and it corresponds to "Court-ordered†."
The title of series 2 is "Not registered with MEP."
The minimum value is 21 and it corresponds to "Court-ordered†."
The maximum value is 60 and it corresponds to "prepared on their own."

Data table for chart 7
Registered with MEP Not registered with MEP
prepared on their own 38 60
prepared with the help from a lawyer 39 58
prepared with the help from family justice services 55 32
court-ordered† 76 21
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† reference category
* significantly different from reference category - registered with MEP (p < 0.05)
** significantly different from reference category - Not registered with MEP (p < 0.05)
Note(s):
Includes parents with one or more children (aged 18 years and under at the time of the survey), who separated or divorced within the last 20 years and had a current written agreement for child support. Totals include the "don't know" and "refused" categories, which are not shown in the table. Percentages may not add to 100%.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2011.
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