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Table 5. Mean Total Money Income of People and Child Support Received
in 1995 by Custodial Parents by Selected Characteristics and Gender
Supposed to rec'v child supp in 1995
Received payments Did not Child supp
receive not awarded
Child payments
Total money support Total money Total money
income income income income
Mean S.E. Mean S.E Mean S.E. Mean S.E.
CUSTODIAL PARENTS
Total 22543 546 3732 187 17398 577 18927 591
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Marital Status
Married 21512 1272 3506 214 18970 1447 24272 2132
First marriage 13684 1574 1819 237 11984 2203 14210 1440
Divorced remarried 22636 1455 3764 245 20578 1675 28294 2879
Divorced 26918 725 3980 177 21695 1018 25632 1086
Separated 18710 2011 4105 940 15551 1477 18769 1455
Widowed 1/ 22642 2913 8853 3949 18757 2872 22231 3596
Never married 13889 861 2297 414 11558 780 10847 479
Race/Hispan Origin
White 23822 638 4043 226 19247 723 22331 902
White,not Hispan 24724 689 4208 249 20544 824 25967 1147
Black 17113 1016 2137 195 12876 977 13228 516
Hispanic Origin 2/ 15308 1647 2436 252 13432 1684 11112 886
Age
15 to 17 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 1287 340
18 to 29 years 12772 539 2628 582 9617 561 9448 396
30 to 39 years 23150 870 3437 135 18139 852 18807 911
40 years and over 28140 1006 4848 362 23161 1196 28111 1331
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 9930 591 2109 158 9623 650 8625 447
H.S. grad (or GED) 17605 694 3129 317 17308 850 16516 560
Some college--no deg 23130 1128 4044 434 17909 1181 22369 1403
Associate 28888 1381 4915 737 25584 2425 21511 1419
Bachelor or more 38505 1793 5125 370 31704 2673 46791 3984
Supposed to rec'v child supp in 1995
Received payments Did not Child supp
receive not awarded
Child payments
Total money support Total money Total money
income income income income
Mean S.E. Mean S.E Mean S.E. Mean S.E.
CUSTODIAL PARENTS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 23545 904 3347 280 17471 833 20445 846
Two 22576 752 4115 319 19086 1029 17386 768
Three 21118 1377 4363 471 14935 1384 17180 2285
Four or more 14591 1361 3413 543 9958 1494 10288 769
Work Experience
Worked 26007 613 3947 220 20906 661 23511 749
Full-time,Y/R 30522 725 4038 198 26159 801 31085 1113
Did not work 6437 505 2730 265 5388 503 5533 287
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
One or more programs 10611 423 2091 151 8896 423 8334 325
Medicaid 9897 492 1768 123 7953 484 7240 263
Food Stamps 9471 382 1950 185 8211 376 7467 336
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 9341 539 1538 131 8378 638 8585 622
AFDC or ADC 8295 393 1473 159 7121 355 7048 248
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 9788 1255 1578 305 (B) (B) 8098 1218
Universe: People 15 years and older with own children under 21 years
of age present from an absent parent as of spring 1995.
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