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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
BELOW POVERTY
Total 4234 2198 1790 1163 6087 165 1993 183
Standard error 163 118 107 86 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Residence of Noncus-
todial Parent in 1993
Same State 3269 1819 1458 1001 6146 177 2073 210
Different State 377 231 214 117 5886 537 1543 293
Outside the U.S. 119 18 16 11 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Unknown 469 130 103 34 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation and Joint
Custody Arrangements
of Noncustodial Par-
ent by Contact with
Child in 1993
Visitation privs only 2378 1452 1185 805 6052 191 2130 254
No contact 746 431 341 185 6617 363 1273 175
Some contact--1+ days 1633 1020 844 621 5884 222 2385 324
Joint custody only 1/ 30 21 21 19 (B) (B) (B) (B)
No contact 13 7 7 4 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 17 15 15 15 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation & joint 1/ 376 290 229 178 6663 493 2180 255
No contact 42 28 23 6 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 334 262 206 172 6709 505 2232 260
Neither visit/joint 1450 435 355 160 5536 423 1236 203
No Contact 1253 346 280 119 5379 492 1351 241
Some contact--1+ days 197 89 76 41 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Type of Agreement
Legal Agreement 1922 1922 1600 1039 6085 178 1899 188
Other Agreement 276 276 190 123 6101 426 2791 672
Year of Most Recent
Child Supp Agreement
1990 and later 1266 1266 967 628 6047 214 2070 318
1985 to 1989 528 528 483 325 6111 312 1801 169
1980 to 1984 305 305 267 175 6565 483 2239 268
Before 1980 98 98 73 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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