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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 FATHERS
Total 2184 922 778 424 33035 2306 2846 264
Standard error 118 77 71 52 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Residence of Noncus-
todial Parent in 1993
Same State 1660 695 574 335 29198 1723 2825 311
Different State 220 85 81 43 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Outside the U.S. 19 6 3 0 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Unknown 285 137 120 46 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation and Joint
Custody Arrangements
of Noncustodial Par-
ent by Contact with
Child in 1993
Visitation privs only 1142 466 420 243 31677 2997 2909 398
No contact 234 87 81 18 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 909 379 339 225 30593 3121 2906 420
Joint custody only 1/ 32 3 3 3 (B) (B) (B) (B)
No contact 15 2 2 2 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 17 1 1 1 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation & joint 1/ 646 295 217 141 35360 3857 2757 325
No contact 17 12 9 0 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 629 283 208 141 35360 3857 2757 325
Neither visit/joint 364 157 138 37 (B) (B) (B) (B)
No Contact 279 124 111 33 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 85 33 27 4 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Type of Agreement
Legal Agreement 883 883 748 407 33282 2394 2909 274
Other Agreement 39 39 30 18 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Year of Most Recent
Child Supp Agreement
1990 and later 419 419 328 167 26941 2388 3037 563
1985 to 1989 238 238 220 144 28234 2878 2578 283
1980 to 1984 182 182 165 74 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Before 1980 83 83 65 39 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Universe:People 15 years and older with own children under 21 years
of age present from an absent parent as of spring 1994.
See footnotes
