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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
BELOW POVERTY
Total 4559 2309 1876 1200 466 734 676 2249
Standard error 169 121 109 88 55 69 66 120
Marital Status
Married 396 209 178 108 26 81 71 187
First marriage 187 87 75 59 3 56 16 100
Divorced remarried 195 122 103 48 23 25 55 73
Divorced 1243 821 719 511 221 289 208 422
Separated 878 395 290 180 81 100 110 483
Widowed 1/ 67 15 10 4 4 0 7 52
Never married 1975 870 678 398 134 264 280 1105
Race/Hispan Origin
White 2599 1442 1181 792 328 464 389 1157
White,not Hispan 1947 1212 1005 671 264 406 334 735
Black 1804 812 645 383 131 253 262 992
Hispanic Origin 2/ 757 265 204 142 72 70 62 492
Age
15 to 17 years 51 20 16 4 0 4 12 31
18 to 29 years 1900 931 723 422 118 305 301 969
30 to 39 years 1818 1004 840 581 267 314 259 815
40 years and over 789 354 298 193 81 112 104 435
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 1759 813 674 390 144 246 283 946
H.S. grad (or GED) 1681 902 709 476 162 315 233 778
Some college--no deg 806 427 354 244 117 126 111 379
Associate 204 102 90 60 27 33 30 103
Bachelor or more 108 65 49 30 16 15 19 43
--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
BELOW POVERTY
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 2024 857 694 415 168 247 279 1167
Two 1410 789 669 437 149 287 232 621
Three 726 430 339 234 113 121 105 297
Four or more 398 233 174 115 36 79 59 166
Work Experience
Worked 2161 1196 961 633 281 351 329 965
Full-time,Y/R 525 243 189 125 73 52 64 281
Did not work 2398 1113 915 568 185 383 347 1284
Prog Participa-
tion in 1993
1 or more programs 3758 1920 1553 988 336 652 565 1838
Medicaid 3134 1611 1300 806 254 553 494 1523
Food Stamps 3317 1721 1416 904 302 602 512 1596
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 1427 712 587 399 117 281 188 715
AFDC or ADC 2403 1242 1010 630 179 451 380 1161
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 195 109 93 63 18 45 30 85
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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