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Child Support 1993
Table 3. Reasons Custodial Parent Had No Legal Award, by Gender
(Numbers in thousands. 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 parents Custodial mothers Custodial fathers
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Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
of total of total of total
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Total without a legal child support award /1 5,923 (X) 4,717 (X) 1,206 (X)
Total reasons there was no legal award/2 10,775 100 8,734 100 2,042 100
Child was too old for child support - - - - - -
Child stays with other parent part of the time 503 5 341 4 163 8
Child's other parent provides what he/she can 1,315 12 1,092 13 223 11
Did not feel the need to have legal agreement 1,889 18 1,459 17 430 21
Did not want the child to have contact with other parent 1,177 11 1,007 12 171 8
Did not want child's other parent to pay child support 1,324 12 980 11 344 17
Child other parent could not afford to pay 1,839 17 1,446 17 393 19
Paternity not established 675 6 675 8 (X) (X)
Unable to locate other parent 1,065 10 932 11 132 6
Other reasons 988 9 802 9 186 9
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(X) Represents not applicable.
- Represents 0 or rounds to 0.
/ 1 Custodial parents without a legal award are either those with a non-legal agreement or those with no agreement at all.
/2 Note: Custodial parents may have given more than one reason.
Source: April 1994 Current Popualtion Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit
ask.census.gov for further information on Child Support Data.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 02, 2004
