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Table 6. Mean Total Money Income and Child Support in 1995 of Custodial
Parents Receiving Full or Partial Payments Due by Selected
Characteristics and Gender
-----Supposed to receive child support in 1995-----
--Received full payment-- --Received part payment--
Child Child
Total money support Total money support
income income income income
Mean S.E. Mean S.E Mean S.E. Mean S.E.
CUSTODIAL PARENTS
Total 25092 744 5044 313 19166 780 1993 97
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Marital Status
Married 23419 1855 4376 337 18871 1589 2301 166
First marriage (B) (B) (B) (B) 11137 2024 1165 164
Divorced remarried 24178 2056 4542 372 20257 1886 2563 196
Divorced 29900 1032 5194 262 22449 882 2161 150
Separated 20695 1810 6107 1745 16513 3719 1889 303
Widowed 1/ 24474 3508 10565 4918 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Never married 13609 1049 3411 838 14136 1329 1318 218
Race/Hispan Origin
White 26146 845 5375 371 20529 954 2155 109
White,not Hispan 26986 903 5567 404 21431 1046 2227 119
Black 19790 1664 2987 303 14663 1168 1360 229
Hispanic Origin 2/ 17084 2416 3275 334 13383 2166 1526 307
Age
15 to 17 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
18 to 29 years 13082 829 4382 1304 12528 709 1248 90
30 to 39 years 24495 1090 4463 199 21554 1392 2219 151
40 years and over 30767 1299 5938 503 22308 1367 2426 236
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 10958 963 2947 265 8953 685 1313 137
H.S. grad (or GED) 19305 1139 4437 600 15832 759 1763 117
Some college--no deg 23964 1108 5726 754 22110 2106 1989 189
Associate 31737 1795 6787 1227 24997 2066 2359 255
Bachelor or more 38311 2052 5402 428 39253 3635 4061 693
-----Supposed to receive child support in 1995-----
--Received full payment-- --Received part payment--
Child Child
Total money support Total money support
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 25623 1171 4474 453 20431 1403 1658 116
Two 26036 1103 5829 564 18622 945 2157 152
Three 22386 1764 5641 734 19306 2181 2535 359
Four or more 17552 2328 4244 759 11830 1328 2638 751
Work Experience
Worked 28295 805 5276 358 22724 927 2041 103
Full-time,Y/R 32541 1026 5057 292 27038 839 2278 145
Did not work 6795 928 3720 470 6106 459 1817 246
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
1 or more programs 11637 793 3220 313 9912 457 1321 118
Medicaid 10985 1031 2635 196 9267 493 1266 148
Food Stamps 9896 673 3147 429 9224 460 1254 135
Public Housing
or Rental Subsidy 11102 1076 2526 228 8315 551 962 123
AFDC or ADC 8644 846 2259 229 8157 435 1163 197
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 spring of 1996.
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