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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
BELOW POVERTY
Total 4172 2103 1761 1067 432 635 694 2069
Standard error 162 116 106 83 53 64 67 115
Marital Status
Married 324 135 115 64 25 39 51 189
First marriage 126 41 41 17 4 13 24 85
Divorced remarried 168 87 71 44 21 23 27 82
Divorced 1075 680 574 374 151 223 200 395
Separated 884 478 408 280 106 174 128 406
Widowed 1/ 88 48 45 24 11 13 21 40
Never married 1801 763 618 324 138 186 294 1038
Race/Hispan Origin
White 2364 1348 1154 739 298 441 415 1016
White,not Hispan 1620 1032 879 597 247 349 282 587
Black 1675 688 550 295 119 176 255 988
Hispanic Origin 2/ 804 327 281 147 54 93 134 477
Age
15 to 17 years 76 24 21 0 0 0 21 52
18 to 29 years 1645 818 685 406 168 238 279 826
30 to 39 years 1580 830 687 451 174 277 237 749
40 years and over 871 430 368 210 90 120 158 441
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 1625 741 607 302 127 175 306 885
H.S. grad (or GED) 1559 812 691 459 178 281 232 747
Some college--no deg 695 401 330 219 84 135 111 294
Associate 180 97 81 53 20 33 29 84
Bachelor or more 112 53 51 35 24 12 16 59
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
BELOW POVERTY
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 1778 814 657 401 154 247 256 964
Two 1319 684 606 351 134 217 255 634
Three 625 342 282 180 89 91 102 283
Four or more 450 263 215 135 55 80 80 187
Work Experience
Worked 2127 1097 930 573 228 344 358 1030
Full-time,Y/R 590 295 248 143 66 77 104 295
Did not work 2045 1006 831 495 203 291 336 1039
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
1 or more programs 3372 1685 1396 852 307 545 545 1687
Medicaid 2593 1257 1048 634 206 428 414 1336
Food Stamps 2958 1487 1237 755 262 493 482 1471
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 1310 701 566 338 111 227 228 609
AFDC or ADC 1889 920 765 453 119 334 312 968
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 181 78 68 47 24 24 20 104
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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