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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
BELOW POVERTY
Total 4234 2198 1790 1163 445 718 627 2036
Standard error 163 118 107 86 53 68 63 114
Marital Status
Married 299 166 148 97 22 75 51 134
First marriage 162 84 75 59 3 56 16 78
Divorced remarried 130 81 72 37 19 19 35 49
Divorced 1135 791 691 491 210 281 200 344
Separated 838 387 287 180 81 100 107 451
Widowed 1/ 67 15 10 4 4 0 7 52
Never married 1894 839 654 391 129 262 263 1054
Race/Hispan Origin
White 2371 1352 1109 758 309 449 351 1019
White,not Hispan 1776 1123 934 638 245 392 296 653
Black 1720 794 634 381 128 253 253 926
Hispanic Origin 2/ 698 263 203 140 72 69 62 434
Age
15 to 17 years 51 20 16 4 0 4 12 31
18 to 29 years 1840 898 699 417 113 305 282 942
30 to 39 years 1684 963 804 560 258 302 244 722
40 years and over 658 317 271 181 74 107 90 341
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 1661 777 641 377 137 240 264 884
H.S. grad (or GED) 1545 863 688 466 156 310 222 682
Some college--no deg 765 412 341 237 117 120 103 353
Associate 172 90 78 54 21 33 24 81
Bachelor or more 90 55 42 28 14 15 14 35
--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
BELOW POVERTY
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 1802 780 629 389 151 238 239 1021
Two 1350 775 659 430 148 282 229 575
Three 693 412 330 228 110 118 102 281
Four or more 389 230 172 115 36 79 57 159
Work Experience
Worked 1946 1118 904 600 262 337 304 828
Full-time,Y/R 437 218 169 112 66 47 57 220
Did not work 2288 1080 886 563 183 380 323 1208
Prog Participa-
tion in 1993
1 or more programs 3603 1858 1512 970 330 640 542 1745
Medicaid 3041 1578 1271 795 251 544 476 1464
Food Stamps 3192 1662 1377 887 297 590 490 1531
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 1390 697 579 394 115 279 185 693
AFDC or ADC 2365 1223 994 624 177 447 370 1142
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 190 109 93 63 18 45 30 81
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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