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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 MOTHERS
Total 11634 7123 6233 4353 2482 1871 1880 4511
Standard error 265 210 197 165 125 109 109 168
Marital Status
Married 2216 1516 1368 981 557 423 387 699
First marriage 420 226 206 124 51 73 83 194
Divorced remarried 1717 1256 1132 834 494 340 299 461
Divorced 4003 3028 2692 2044 1250 794 648 975
Separated 1791 942 798 552 287 265 246 850
Widowed 1/ 316 178 163 94 72 22 69 138
Never married 3309 1459 1212 683 315 367 530 1850
Race/Hispan Origin
White 7970 5403 4782 3488 2051 1437 1294 2567
White,not Hispan 6545 4709 4191 3149 1875 1274 1041 1836
Black 3323 1509 1273 749 354 395 524 1814
Hispanic Origin 2/ 1530 725 613 354 182 172 259 806
Age
15 to 17 years 107 21 18 3 3 0 15 85
18 to 29 years 3317 1811 1530 1008 447 561 522 1506
30 to 39 years 4651 2983 2690 1920 1043 877 769 1668
40 years and over 3560 2307 1994 1421 988 433 573 1253
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 2419 1145 945 523 256 267 422 1274
H.S. grad (or GED) 4396 2702 2350 1586 811 776 764 1694
Some college--no deg 2545 1682 1467 1085 593 492 383 863
Associate 953 634 586 459 271 189 126 318
Bachelor or more 1322 960 885 700 552 148 186 362
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 MOTHERS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 6199 3587 3042 2129 1273 856 912 2611
Two 3630 2400 2201 1543 825 718 658 1230
Three 1231 783 695 493 292 201 202 448
Four or more 574 353 296 187 92 95 108 222
Work Experience
Worked 8749 5619 4999 3561 2111 1450 1438 3130
Full-time,Y/R 5155 3455 3098 2231 1430 801 867 1699
Did not work 2885 1504 1234 791 371 421 442 1381
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
1 or more programs 4866 2610 2202 1399 557 842 803 2256
Medicaid 3579 1850 1556 1002 365 637 554 1728
Food Stamps 3849 2035 1715 1078 385 693 637 1814
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 1628 863 712 417 149 268 295 765
AFDC or ADC 2369 1175 967 611 170 442 355 1194
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 256 132 122 77 28 49 45 125
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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