It is worth examining the factors determining the choice of specific types of support. Descriptive statistics suggested forms of support were determined by class and settlement type already before 2003 and the former relationship seems to have strengthened by 2015. This assumed relationship will be put under a more thorough scrutiny through the logistic regression model containing independent variables beyond class and the type of settlement of residence (see Table 4 and detailed regression output in sections 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8, 9.9 and 9.10 of the Appendix).

 

 

Four main support types will be examined within the group of supporting parents to find out what factors cause parents to choose specific types of support: labour support, the provision of temporary accommodation, financial support and the provision of a dwelling. All types of support are analysed through logistic regression performed separately on the 2003 and the 2015 datasets. A type of support is considered to have been provided if it was either granted in itself or in combination with any other type of support. Therefore, combinations of support types are not considered as separate categories and there is some overlap among observations falling in separate groups.