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Table 4. Child Support Payments Agreed to or Awarded Custodial Parents
by Selected Characteristics and Gender
(Numbers in thousands)
--Child support agreed to or awarded--3/
Supposed to rec'v child supp in 1995
Received payments Did not Child
Full Part receive sup not
Total Total Total Total pay pay payments awarded
CUSTODIAL PARENTS
Total 13739 7967 6966 4769 2718 2051 2198 5772
Standard error 287 222 208 173 131 114 118 190
Marital Status
Married 2709 1717 1539 1089 632 456 450 992
First marriage 484 247 227 135 55 80 92 237
Divorced remarried 2144 1436 1283 931 565 366 352 708
Divorced 4964 3390 3014 2244 1346 898 770 1574
Separated 2064 1031 864 583 306 277 281 1033
Widowed 1/ 363 200 185 106 84 22 79 163
Never married 3639 1629 1365 747 350 398 617 2010
Race/Hispan Origin
White 9612 6076 5369 3848 2257 1592 1521 3536
White,not Hispan 7987 5315 4726 3480 2063 1416 1246 2671
Black 3710 1658 1399 797 381 416 603 2051
Hispanic Origin 2/ 1745 795 669 384 200 184 285 950
Age
15 to 17 years 119 27 25 3 3 0 21 91
18 to 29 years 3549 1909 1610 1043 459 584 567 1641
30 to 39 years 5500 3357 3015 2119 1151 969 896 2144
40 years and over 4571 2674 2316 1603 1105 498 714 1896
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 2840 1366 1134 585 285 300 549 1475
H.S. grad (or GED) 5220 3007 2612 1760 899 861 852 2213
Some college--no deg 2960 1847 1614 1168 643 526 445 1114
Associate 1105 695 633 483 279 204 150 410
Bachelor or more 1614 1053 974 772 613 159 202 561
--Child support agreed to or awarded--3/
Supposed to rec'v child supp in 1995
Received payments Did not Child
Full Part receive sup not
Total Total Total Total pay pay payments awarded
CUSTODIAL PARENTS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 7577 4075 3456 2355 1413 942 1101 3502
Two 4189 2671 2443 1680 896 784 763 1518
Three 1349 839 748 524 308 216 224 510
Four or more 625 383 319 210 101 108 110 242
Work Experience
Worked 10645 6345 5625 3924 2313 1611 1701 4300
Full-time,Y/R 6652 4047 3609 2531 1602 929 1078 2605
Did not work 3094 1623 1341 844 405 439 497 1472
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
1 or more programs 5239 2776 2342 1462 593 869 880 2462
Medicaid 3763 1942 1638 1037 381 657 600 1821
Food Stamps 4129 2158 1816 1123 413 711 693 1971
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 1728 898 735 423 156 268 312 829
AFDC or ADC 2455 1219 1000 627 177 450 374 1236
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 274 142 132 79 31 49 52 131
Universe: 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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