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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 MOTHERS
Total 11505 6878 5907 4190 18301 415 3230 139
Standard error 264 207 192 162 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Residence of Noncus-
todial Parent in 1993
Same State 8528 5310 4522 3357 17980 465 3257 152
Different State 1563 1091 981 668 19728 995 2673 173
Outside the U.S. 305 83 70 49 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Unknown 1109 394 333 117 19643 2729 5136 2083
Visitation and Joint
Custody Arrangements
of Noncustodial Par-
ent by Contact with
Child in 1993
Visitation privs only 6477 4321 3743 2709 17005 482 3062 174
No contact 1684 1060 892 484 14213 953 2211 218
Some contact--1+ days 4793 3261 2851 2225 17612 547 3247 206
Joint custody only 1/ 97 74 70 46 (B) (B) (B) (B)
No contact 48 40 38 16 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 49 34 31 30 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation & joint 1/ 1887 1480 1275 1094 23476 925 3904 201
No contact 168 127 108 78 19626 3146 2607 779
Some contact--1+ days 1719 1353 1167 1016 23772 965 4004 207
Neither visit/joint 3043 1003 819 341 12642 1069 2603 745
No Contact 2551 784 649 241 12066 1247 2766 1037
Some contact--1+ days 493 219 170 100 14024 2044 2209 458
Type of Agreement
Legal Agreement 6322 6322 5513 3941 18600 431 3278 145
Other Agreement 556 556 394 249 13559 1393 2466 377
Year of Most Recent
Child Supp Agreement
1990 and later 3298 3298 2679 1915 16765 581 3150 172
1985 to 1989 1971 1971 1825 1319 19197 759 3430 252
1980 to 1984 1181 1181 1050 759 20563 1038 3412 448
Before 1980 428 428 353 196 18513 1879 1961 212
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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