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 Child Support




Child Support 1995


Table 1. Child Support Payments Due and Actually Received, by Gender: 1995

(People 15 years and older with own children under 21 years of age present from an
absent parent as of spring 1996)
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Characteristics

                                                  Custodial    Custodial     Custodial
                                                   parents      mothers       fathers


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Custodial parents due child support payments:

   Total (thousands)                                 6,966        6,233           733
   
Mean payments (dollars):

   Due                                              $4,057       $4,126        $3,468
   Received                                         $2,555       $2,631        $1,910
   Deficit                                          $1,502       $1,495        $1,558


Aggregate payments (billions  of dollars):

Child support due                                    $28.3        $25.7          $2.5
Child support received                               $17.8        $16.4          $1.4
Aggregate child support deficit                      $10.5         $9.3          $1.1

Percent of aggregate due actually received            63.0         63.8          55.1

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Source: April 1996 Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 02, 2004