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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
BELOW POVERTY
Total 3871 1979 1654 1024 415 609 630 1892
Standard error 156 112 103 81 52 62 64 110
Marital Status
Married 283 130 114 64 25 39 50 153
First marriage 121 41 41 17 4 13 24 80
Divorced remarried 134 82 70 44 21 23 26 52
Divorced 945 628 527 351 151 200 176 317
Separated 844 460 398 275 103 171 123 384
Widowed 1/ 76 39 37 19 5 13 18 37
Never married 1724 722 578 315 130 186 263 1001
Race/Hispan Origin
White 2164 1264 1079 702 282 421 377 900
White,not Hispan 1465 962 816 570 238 332 245 503
Black 1596 652 521 289 119 170 233 944
Hispanic Origin 2/ 758 314 269 137 47 90 133 444
Age
15 to 17 years 64 18 15 0 0 0 15 46
18 to 29 years 1584 799 666 401 163 238 265 785
30 to 39 years 1459 772 640 424 165 260 215 688
40 years and over 764 390 333 198 87 111 135 374
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 1474 659 541 281 115 165 260 815
H.S. grad (or GED) 1478 789 669 442 175 267 226 689
Some college--no deg 657 392 321 219 84 135 102 265
Associate 172 97 81 53 20 33 29 75
Bachelor or more 90 43 43 29 21 9 13 48
--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
BELOW POVERTY
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 1591 742 600 383 147 236 217 849
Two 1247 648 571 338 131 207 234 600
Three 596 333 274 175 88 87 99 263
Four or more 436 256 209 129 49 80 80 180
Work Experience
Worked 1937 1029 867 549 222 327 318 908
Full-time,Y/R 525 276 228 137 66 71 91 250
Did not work 1934 950 786 474 193 282 312 984
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
1 or more programs 3198 1622 1346 823 292 531 523 1576
Medicaid 2495 1218 1017 619 198 421 398 1277
Food Stamps 2806 1426 1188 728 249 479 460 1381
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 1248 676 549 331 104 227 218 572
AFDC or ADC 1831 889 741 443 113 330 299 942
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 169 73 63 44 21 24 18 97
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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