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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 FATHERS
Total 32839 4385 4606 774 26338 1840 1746 272
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Marital Status
Married 39726 11704 3413 412 (B) (B) (B) (B)
First marriage (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Divorced remarried (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Divorced 35126 4308 6113 1827 27175 2925 1849 399
Separated (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Widowed 1/ (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Never married (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Race/Hispan Origin
White 34132 4940 4789 880 27158 2049 1786 310
White,not Hispan 35389 5280 4923 955 27582 2127 1802 333
Black (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Hispanic Origin 2/ (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Age
15 to 17 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
18 to 29 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
30 to 39 years 28838 3017 3838 485 29452 2930 1490 291
40 years and over 38028 8255 5547 1477 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
H.S. grad (or GED) 26146 2025 3544 574 23228 2167 1761 498
Some college--no deg (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Associate (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Bachelor or more (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
-----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 FATHERS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 31057 6617 4671 1191 23205 2356 2258 462
Two (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Three (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Four or more (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Work Experience
Worked 37781 4873 3881 426 28037 1869 1611 214
Full-time,Y/R 41331 5529 3850 474 30758 2038 1750 254
Did not work (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
1 or more programs (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Medicaid (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Food Stamps (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Public Housing
or Rental 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 spring of 1996.
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