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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 MOTHERS
BELOW POVERTY
Total 6855 206 2519 530 6160 285 5614 147
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Marital Status
Married (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 4681 646
First marriage (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 4627 808
Divorced remarried (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Divorced 7407 380 2418 221 6301 576 6310 330
Separated 6771 399 3624 1921 7847 686 6297 294
Widowed 1/ (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Never married 6315 326 1745 277 5522 378 5187 201
Race/Hispan Origin
White 6845 239 2859 762 6267 354 5542 210
White,not Hispan 6921 270 3183 935 6195 471 5352 275
Black 6842 447 1662 313 5863 494 5640 228
Hispanic Origin 2/ 6467 685 1437 328 6411 697 5909 431
Age
15 to 17 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
18 to 29 years 5999 318 2800 1320 5963 374 5215 215
30 to 39 years 7658 329 2426 260 7116 530 6226 242
40 years and over 6869 426 2151 248 5697 623 5896 350
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 6631 380 1616 186 5687 465 4828 218
H.S. grad (or GED) 6605 341 2985 1201 6010 453 6090 252
Some college--no deg 7751 390 2030 208 6887 592 6581 342
Associate (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 6497 661
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 MOTHERS
BELOW POVERTY
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 5955 294 3235 1382 4765 409 4773 202
Two 6616 320 1925 210 6171 432 5366 246
Three 7348 484 2117 310 8355 659 7393 402
Four or more 9493 747 2494 621 7201 1039 7807 510
Work Experience
Worked 7967 255 2911 970 7713 387 6771 206
Full-time,Y/R 9357 436 2164 354 10569 671 9154 388
Did not work 5569 303 2066 218 4576 358 4547 192
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
One or more programs 6836 222 1711 139 6309 298 5465 155
Medicaid 6804 241 1579 166 6079 305 5569 165
Food Stamps 6880 238 1616 148 6420 312 5395 158
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 7435 378 1324 135 6240 453 4937 239
AFDC or ADC 6875 289 1457 211 6569 323 5924 181
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) 6167 603
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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