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Child Support 1995
Table 3. Reasons Custodial Parent Had No Legal Award, by Gender
(Numbers in thousands. 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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Percent
Characteristics Number of total
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CUSTODIAL PARENTS
Total without a legal child support award 1/ 5,715 (X)
----Total reasons there was no legal award 2/ 11,387 100
Child was too old for child support 3 -
Child stays with other parent part of the time 740 6
Child's other parent provides what he/she can 1,475 13
Did not feel the need to have legal agreement 1,803 16
Did not want the child to have contact with
other parent 1,219 11
Did not want child's other parent to pay child
support 1,325 12
Child's other parent could not afford to pay 1,706 15
Paternity not established 1,170 10
Unable to locate other parent 903 8
Other reasons 1,043 9
CUSTODIAL MOTHERS
Total without a legal child support award 1/ 4,531 (X)
----Total reasons there was no legal award 2/ 9,088 100
Child was too old for child support 3 -
Child stays with other parent part of the time 464 5
Child's other parent provides what he/she can 1,143 13
Did not feel the need to have legal agreement 1,436 16
Did not want the child to have contact with
other parent 1,060 12
Did not want child's other parent to pay child
support 1,011 11
Child's other parent could not afford to pay 1,250 14
Paternity not established 1,170 13
Unable to locate other parent 704 8
Other reasons 847 9
CUSTODIAL FATHERS
Total without a legal child support award 1/ 1,184 (X)
----Total reasons there was no legal award 2/ 2,298 100
Child was too old for child support - -
Child stays with other parent part of the time 276 12
Child's other parent provides what he/she can 333 14
Did not feel the need to have legal agreement 367 16
Did not want the child to have contact with
other parent 160 7
Did not want child's other parent to pay child
support 313 14
Child's other parent could not afford to pay 456 20
Paternity not established (X) (X)
Unable to locate other parent 198 9
Other reasons 195 8
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(X) Represents not applicable.
- Represents 0 or rounds to 0.
1/ Custodial parents without a legal award are either those
with a non-legal agreement or those with no agreement at all.
2/ Custodial parents may have given more than one reason.
Source: April 1996 Current Population Survey
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit
ask.census.gov for further information on Child Support Data.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 02, 2004
