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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
BELOW POVERTY
Total 6855 202 2531 510 6043 272 5660 147
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Marital Status
Married (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 5148 619
First marriage (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 5334 935
Divorced remarried (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 4067 802
Divorced 7297 367 2461 225 6367 510 6321 346
Separated 6853 396 3633 1882 7738 671 6270 291
Widowed 1/ (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Never married 6385 325 1742 270 5319 375 5197 197
Race/Hispan Origin
White 6837 234 2874 726 6298 333 5648 212
White,not Hispan 6885 264 3205 896 6217 427 5551 273
Black 6887 441 1647 307 5554 478 5636 222
Hispanic Origin 2/ 6585 676 1464 312 6480 701 5912 445
Age
15 to 17 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
18 to 29 years 6003 315 2795 1303 6054 370 5390 215
30 to 39 years 7719 316 2403 249 7095 488 6158 239
40 years and over 6647 421 2297 278 5239 580 5837 352
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 6721 366 1595 175 5497 425 4969 220
H.S. grad (or GED) 6589 335 3050 1160 6017 449 6039 245
Some college--no deg 7751 390 2030 208 6974 553 6436 370
Associate (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 6803 625
Bachelor or more (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
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
BELOW POVERTY
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 5884 288 3261 1321 4696 382 4836 198
Two 6735 314 1968 209 6055 415 5405 241
Three 7320 474 2081 302 8475 647 7674 434
Four or more 9424 729 2428 593 7201 1039 7723 509
Work Experience
Worked 7973 247 2885 931 7649 357 6845 206
Full-time,Y/R 9282 440 2142 340 10391 612 9106 386
Did not work 5559 299 2122 219 4335 347 4484 189
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
One or more programs 6844 218 1712 135 6344 290 5469 152
Medicaid 6793 240 1578 163 6068 295 5521 161
Food Stamps 6896 233 1620 143 6454 304 5383 154
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 7448 376 1320 133 6208 437 4973 236
AFDC or ADC 6906 287 1463 206 6539 312 5932 178
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 5943 582
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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