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Table 4. Child Support Payments Agreed to or Awarded Custodial Parents
by Selected Characteristics and Gender
(Numbers in thousands)
--Child support agreed to or awarded--3/
Supposed to rec'v child supp in 1993
Received payments Did not Child
Full Part receive sup not
Total Total Total Total pay pay payments awarded
CUSTODIAL PARENTS
Total 13690 7800 6685 4614 2280 2335 2071 5889
Standard error 286 219 204 170 120 122 115 192
Marital Status
Married 3411 2189 1960 1368 695 673 592 1222
First marriage 686 313 292 196 73 123 95 372
Divorced remarried 2679 1850 1643 1158 615 543 486 829
Divorced 4552 3082 2738 2051 1102 949 686 1470
Separated 1935 909 700 448 220 229 252 1026
Widowed 1/ 134 56 40 23 14 10 17 79
Never married 3657 1564 1248 724 250 474 524 2093
Race/Hispan Origin
White 9609 5839 5062 3670 1910 1760 1392 3770
White,not Hispan 8137 5262 4579 3354 1751 1602 1225 2875
Black 3620 1748 1430 835 313 521 596 1872
Hispanic Origin 2/ 1680 667 563 366 186 180 197 1013
Age
15 to 17 years 99 32 25 11 0 11 15 67
18 to 29 years 3783 1929 1583 971 351 620 612 1854
30 to 39 years 5905 3590 3190 2282 1182 1099 909 2315
40 years and over 3902 2249 1886 1350 746 604 536 1654
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 2918 1378 1156 696 273 423 460 1540
H.S. grad (or GED) 5088 2913 2435 1693 801 893 742 2176
Some college--no deg 3185 1899 1693 1195 606 589 498 1286
Associate 1009 607 529 363 192 171 166 402
Bachelor or more 1489 1004 872 667 409 259 205 485
--Child support agreed to or awarded--3/
Supposed to rec'v child supp in 1993
Received payments Did not Child
Full Part receive sup not
Total Total Total Total pay pay payments awarded
CUSTODIAL PARENTS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 7961 3985 3410 2309 1189 1120 1101 3976
Two 3792 2541 2242 1596 755 841 646 1251
Three 1367 914 756 527 260 267 229 453
Four or more 569 360 277 183 76 108 94 209
Work Experience
Worked 10312 6142 5303 3731 1939 1791 1573 4170
Full-time,Y/R 6245 3692 3231 2311 1290 1021 920 2553
Did not work 3378 1658 1382 884 341 543 498 1719
Prog Participa-
tion in 1993
1 or more programs 5571 2881 2376 1543 602 941 833 2690
Medicaid 4286 2237 1836 1164 408 756 672 2049
Food Stamps 4481 2321 1922 1227 434 793 695 2160
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 1890 1002 820 584 214 370 235 888
AFDC or ADC 3008 1566 1282 811 234 577 472 1443
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 337 180 160 112 37 75 49 157
Universe: 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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