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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 MOTHERS
Total 11505 6878 5907 4190 2044 2146 1717 4627
Standard error 264 207 192 162 114 117 105 170
Marital Status
Married 2424 1698 1547 1149 577 572 398 726
First marriage 541 264 248 178 59 119 70 276
Divorced remarried 1851 1413 1278 957 511 446 321 438
Divorced 3819 2795 2488 1884 1007 877 604 1024
Separated 1727 847 654 434 217 217 220 880
Widowed 1/ 130 53 38 21 11 10 17 77
Never married 3404 1485 1181 702 232 470 479 1919
Race/Hispan Origin
White 7820 5046 4381 3273 1686 1587 1109 2774
White,not Hispan 6563 4538 3954 2990 1547 1443 965 2025
Black 3294 1637 1349 818 307 511 531 1657
Hispanic Origin 2/ 1455 598 507 332 166 167 175 856
Age
15 to 17 years 99 32 25 11 0 11 15 67
18 to 29 years 3451 1781 1455 920 318 603 534 1671
30 to 39 years 5029 3190 2852 2081 1071 1010 771 1840
40 years and over 2925 1875 1576 1178 656 522 398 1050
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 2550 1234 1029 643 251 392 386 1316
H.S. grad (or GED) 4290 2578 2161 1527 708 819 634 1712
Some college--no deg 2694 1683 1504 1102 556 546 402 1012
Associate 821 543 466 323 166 157 143 278
Bachelor or more 1150 840 747 595 364 231 152 310
--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 MOTHERS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 6420 3440 2952 2052 1045 1007 901 2980
Two 3312 2260 1986 1467 675 792 519 1052
Three 1225 829 699 488 250 239 210 395
Four or more 549 349 270 183 76 108 87 200
Work Experience
Worked 8331 5303 4596 3331 1723 1608 1265 3028
Full-time,Y/R 4711 3008 2644 1978 1107 871 666 1703
Did not work 3174 1575 1311 859 321 538 453 1599
Prog Participa-
tion in 1993
1 or more programs 5201 2740 2266 1480 564 916 786 2460
Medicaid 4107 2161 1775 1134 390 744 641 1946
Food Stamps 4218 2210 1839 1184 414 770 655 2008
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 1802 965 793 565 202 364 228 837
AFDC or ADC 2940 1533 1253 796 226 570 457 1407
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 310 169 150 106 31 75 44 140
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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