|
|
| Child Support |
|
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 FATHERS
Total 2184 922 778 424 235 189 353 1262
Standard error 118 77 71 52 39 35 48 90
Marital Status
Married 987 491 413 219 118 101 194 496
First marriage 145 49 43 18 14 4 25 96
Divorced remarried 828 437 365 201 104 97 164 390
Divorced 733 287 249 167 95 72 83 445
Separated 208 62 46 14 3 11 32 146
Widowed 1/ 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 1
Never married 253 79 66 22 17 4 45 174
Race/Hispan Origin
White 1789 792 680 398 224 173 283 996
White,not Hispan 1574 724 625 364 204 160 261 850
Black 325 111 82 17 6 11 65 215
Hispanic Origin 2/ 225 68 56 34 20 13 22 156
Age
15 to 17 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 to 29 years 331 148 128 51 34 18 77 183
30 to 39 years 876 401 339 201 111 89 138 475
40 years and over 977 373 311 172 90 82 138 604
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 367 144 127 53 22 31 74 224
H.S. grad (or GED) 798 334 274 166 93 74 107 464
Some college--no deg 491 216 189 93 50 43 96 275
Associate 188 64 63 40 26 14 23 125
Bachelor or more 340 164 125 72 45 27 53 176
--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 FATHERS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 1541 545 457 257 144 112 201 996
Two 480 281 256 129 81 49 126 199
Three 143 85 57 38 10 28 19 58
Four or more 21 11 7 0 0 0 7 9
Work Experience
Worked 1981 839 708 399 216 184 308 1142
Full-time,Y/R 1534 683 587 334 183 151 254 850
Did not work 204 83 70 25 20 5 45 121
Prog Participa-
tion in 1993
1 or more programs 371 140 110 63 39 24 47 230
Medicaid 179 75 61 30 18 12 31 104
Food Stamps 263 111 84 43 20 23 40 152
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 89 38 27 19 12 7 8 51
AFDC or ADC 69 33 30 15 8 7 15 36
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 27 11 11 6 6 0 5 16
Universe: People 15 years and older with own children under 21 years
of age present from an absent parent as of spring 1994.
See footnotes
