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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 FATHERS
Total 30030 2628 3370 471 25122 1917 36312 2141
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Marital Status
Married 35547 8250 3140 344 (B) (B) 45391 6326
First marriage (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Divorced remarried 37525 9126 3151 364 (B) (B) 48915 7411
Divorced 30971 2609 3885 934 24024 2293 36034 2276
Separated (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 36747 6445
Widowed 1/ (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Never married (B) (B) (B) (B) 15782 3518 18325 2823
Race/Hispan Origin
White 31136 2969 3499 537 28405 2160 40379 2690
White,not Hispan 32026 3164 3579 581 27981 2282 43551 3059
Black (B) (B) (B) (B) 16212 4092 23232 2118
Hispanic Origin 2/ (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 19717 2832
Age
15 to 17 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
18 to 29 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 16251 1455
30 to 39 years 29122 2114 2753 327 26504 2920 32586 3276
40 years and over 32657 5472 4292 998 28635 3066 43575 3299
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad (B) (B) (B) (B) 13802 1812 17858 1750
H.S. grad (or GED) 24709 1494 2666 398 33939 3425 26263 1423
Some college--no deg 31245 3686 5502 1953 (B) (B) 43931 4862
Associate (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 35140 3376
Bachelor or more (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 72007 9864
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 FATHERS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 28048 4204 3746 768 21924 2331 36921 2740
Two 32922 3418 3322 625 29100 3656 32692 2086
Three (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Four or more (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Work Experience
Worked 33452 2867 2872 275 29244 2022 38592 2262
Full-time,Y/R 36834 3335 2957 311 31959 2039 43945 2777
Did not work (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 6948 1889
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
One or more programs (B) (B) (B) (B) 11109 1991 13024 2103
Medicaid (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 8620 1681
Food Stamps (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 12278 2596
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
AFDC or ADC (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
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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