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 Child Support




Child Support 1993


Table 1. Child Support Payments Due and Actually Received, by Gender: 1993

(People 15 years and older with own children under 21 years of age present from an
absent parent as of spring 1994)
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Characteristics

                                                 Custodial      Custodial     Custodial
                                                   parents      mothers       fathers


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Custodial parents due child support payments:

   Total (thousands)                                 6,685        5,907           778
   
Mean payments (dollars):

   Due                                              $3,576       $3,616        $3,272
   Received                                         $2,205       $2,291        $1,553
   Deficit                                          $1,371       $1,325        $1,719


Aggregate payments (billions of dollars):

Child support due                                    $23.9        $21.4          $2.5
Child support received                               $14.7        $13.5          $1.2
Aggregate child support deficit                       $9.2         $7.8          $1.3

Percent of aggregate due actually received            61.7         63.4          47.5

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Source: April 1994 Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 02, 2004