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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
BELOW POVERTY
Total 4559 2309 1876 1200 6077 169 1982 178
Standard error 169 121 109 88 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Residence of Noncus-
todial Parent in 1993
Same State 3524 1905 1519 1030 6124 184 2060 204
Different State 399 244 226 125 5972 507 1551 279
Outside the U.S. 124 20 18 11 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Unknown 512 141 113 34 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation and Joint
Custody Arrangements
of Noncustodial Par-
ent by Contact with
Child in 1993
Visitation privs only 2581 1524 1238 831 6033 195 2124 247
No contact 807 439 349 185 6617 363 1273 175
Some contact--1+ days 1774 1085 889 647 5866 227 2367 311
Joint custody only 1/ 32 21 21 19 (B) (B) (B) (B)
No contact 13 7 7 4 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 19 15 15 15 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation & joint 1/ 429 308 246 182 6588 496 2176 250
No contact 51 35 30 6 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 378 272 217 176 6631 509 2227 255
Neither visit/joint 1516 457 370 168 5662 465 1205 194
No Contact 1307 366 293 127 5555 555 1303 228
Some contact--1+ days 209 91 78 41 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Type of Agreement
Legal Agreement 2025 2025 1685 1077 6075 182 1890 182
Other Agreement 284 284 191 123 6101 426 2791 672
Year of Most Recent
Child Supp Agreement
1990 and later 1326 1326 1008 651 5991 219 2051 307
1985 to 1989 551 551 506 335 6079 316 1811 165
1980 to 1984 329 329 289 180 6758 504 2208 263
Before 1980 103 103 74 35 (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.
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