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Table 5. Mean Total Money Income of People and Child Support Received
in 1993 by Custodial Parents by Selected Characteristics and Gender
Supposed to rec'v child supp in 1993
Received payments Did not Child supp
receive not awarded
Child payments
Total money support Total money Total money
income income income income
Mean S.E. Mean S.E Mean S.E. Mean S.E.
CUSTODIAL MOTHERS
BELOW POVERTY
Total 6087 165 1993 183 5601 227 5010 124
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Marital Status
Married 5318 697 1221 240 (B) (B) 2690 438
First marriage (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 3081 590
Divorced remarried (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Divorced 6851 246 2663 395 6369 406 5814 319
Separated 6025 462 2295 302 5852 573 5782 252
Widowed 1/ (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Never married 5298 238 1203 135 5267 308 4748 162
Race/Hispan Origin
White 6177 207 2324 267 5446 313 4969 179
White,not Hispan 6174 221 2027 174 5574 353 5125 224
Black 5851 295 1320 163 5812 370 4936 188
Hispanic Origin 2/ 6242 707 3623 1662 (B) (B) 4935 384
Age
15 to 17 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
18 to 29 years 5664 246 1554 160 5386 279 4727 166
30 to 39 years 6401 241 2186 323 6212 405 5334 221
40 years and over 6154 479 2444 491 4976 664 5517 303
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 5365 265 1908 460 4908 339 4764 193
H.S. grad (or GED) 6092 260 1685 147 5348 344 5015 214
Some college--no deg 7157 393 2406 255 7719 556 5573 256
Associate (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 4386 569
Bachelor or more (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Supposed to rec'v child supp in 1993
Received payments Did not Child supp
receive not awarded
Child payments
Total money support Total money Total money
income income income income
Mean S.E. Mean S.E Mean S.E. Mean S.E.
CUSTODIAL MOTHERS
BELOW POVERTY
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 5205 229 2276 450 4655 363 4286 164
Two 5628 269 1740 230 5618 338 5358 222
Three 7563 391 2010 235 7409 534 5971 351
Four or more 7858 529 1950 386 (B) (B) 6708 456
Work Experience
Worked 6901 231 2341 304 6740 318 6015 189
Full-time,Y/R 8529 670 3685 1470 (B) (B) 7554 350
Did not work 5220 218 1623 192 4527 287 4322 154
Prog Participa-
tion in 1993
One or more programs 6052 172 1579 102 5528 223 5032 125
Medicaid 5894 168 1436 110 5604 229 5151 126
Food Stamps 6059 176 1565 104 5523 234 5049 132
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 5815 227 1208 144 5844 360 5137 184
AFDC or ADC 5931 174 1236 112 5534 239 5322 134
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 5180 487
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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