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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 FATHERS
Total 2105 844 733 416 236 180 318 1261
Standard error 116 73 69 52 39 34 45 90
Marital Status
Married 494 200 171 108 75 33 63 293
First marriage 64 21 21 11 5 7 9 44
Divorced remarried 427 180 150 97 71 26 54 247
Divorced 961 362 322 200 95 104 122 599
Separated 273 89 66 31 19 12 36 184
Widowed 1/ 47 22 22 12 12 0 10 25
Never married 330 171 152 65 34 31 87 160
Race/Hispan Origin
White 1641 672 587 360 206 155 227 969
White,not Hispan 1442 606 535 331 188 142 205 835
Black 387 149 126 47 26 21 79 238
Hispanic Origin 2/ 214 70 56 30 17 12 26 145
Age
15 to 17 years 12 6 6 0 0 0 6 6
18 to 29 years 233 98 80 35 12 23 45 135
30 to 39 years 850 373 325 199 107 92 126 476
40 years and over 1011 367 322 182 117 65 140 644
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 421 221 189 62 29 34 127 201
H.S. grad (or GED) 824 305 262 174 88 86 88 519
Some college--no deg 416 165 146 84 50 34 63 251
Associate 152 60 47 24 8 15 23 92
Bachelor or more 292 93 89 72 61 11 16 199
--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 FATHERS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 1378 487 414 226 139 86 188 890
Two 559 271 242 137 71 66 106 288
Three 118 56 53 31 17 14 22 62
Four or more 50 30 24 22 9 13 2 20
Work Experience
Worked 1896 726 626 363 202 161 263 1170
Full-time,Y/R 1498 592 512 300 173 128 211 906
Did not work 209 118 107 53 34 18 55 91
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
1 or more programs 372 166 140 63 36 27 77 207
Medicaid 185 92 82 36 16 20 46 93
Food Stamps 279 123 101 45 28 18 55 156
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 100 35 23 7 7 0 17 65
AFDC or ADC 86 44 34 16 8 8 18 42
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 17 11 10 3 3 0 7 7
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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