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Table 9. Child Support Award and Receipt Status of Custodial Parents in 1993
by Gender and Selected Characteristics of Noncustodial Parents
(Numbers in thousands)
----Child support agreed to or awarded----2/
Supposed to recv child supp in 1993
--------Received payments---------
Child
Total money support
income income
Total Total Total Total Mean S.E Mean S.E.
CUSTODIAL PARENTS
Total 13690 7800 6685 4614 19656 446 3195 128
Standard error 286 219 204 170 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Residence of Noncus-
todial Parent in 1993
Same State 10189 6005 5096 3692 18998 460 3218 141
Different State 1783 1176 1062 711 22516 1452 2693 168
Outside the U.S. 324 89 73 49 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Unknown 1394 531 454 162 22692 2859 4494 1513
Visitation and Joint
Custody Arrangements
of Noncustodial Par-
ent by Contact with
Child in 1993
Visitation privs only 7619 4788 4163 2952 18213 523 3049 163
No contact 1918 1147 973 502 15334 1074 2238 215
Some contact--1+ days 5701 3640 3190 2450 18803 588 3215 191
Joint custody only 1/ 130 78 73 49 (B) (B) (B) (B)
No contact 63 42 41 18 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 66 35 32 32 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation & joint 1/ 2533 1775 1491 1235 24831 949 3773 183
No contact 185 139 117 78 19626 3146 2607 779
Some contact--1+ days 2348 1636 1375 1157 25183 988 3852 187
Neither visit/joint 3408 1160 958 378 14585 1450 2640 678
No Contact 2830 908 760 274 14265 1792 2792 919
Some contact--1+ days 578 252 197 104 15429 2339 2237 443
Type of Agreement
Legal Agreement 7205 7205 6261 4348 19973 464 3244 134
Other Agreement 595 595 424 266 14482 1396 2396 354
Year of Most Recent
Child Supp Agreement
1990 and later 3717 3717 3007 2083 17583 578 3141 165
1985 to 1989 2208 2208 2045 1464 20087 750 3346 229
1980 to 1984 1363 1363 1215 833 23313 1317 3338 410
Before 1980 512 512 419 235 22375 2378 2217 234
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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