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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
BELOW POVERTY
Total 6734 347 4082 1224 6937 244 1477 169
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Marital Status
Married (B) (B) (B) (B) (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 7324 654 3588 372 7278 427 1695 242
Separated 6783 718 7693 4889 6896 463 1166 225
Widowed 1/ (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Never married 5965 473 2107 222 6697 440 1471 438
Race/Hispan Origin
White 6866 421 5006 1766 6817 270 1435 156
White,not Hispan 7045 468 5607 2117 6771 305 1504 181
Black 6399 667 1983 247 7214 580 1422 483
Hispanic Origin 2/ (B) (B) (B) (B) 6954 794 1162 397
Age
15 to 17 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
18 to 29 years 5454 465 5572 3110 6390 419 837 113
30 to 39 years 8005 564 3267 364 7539 372 1860 322
40 years and over 6662 784 2877 324 6636 445 1864 407
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 6716 642 2145 296 6724 427 1195 195
H.S. grad (or GED) 6356 575 5795 2938 6736 408 1308 190
Some college--no deg 7611 687 3332 312 7838 466 1225 195
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 PARENTS
BELOW POVERTY
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 5889 441 6481 3386 5882 378 1264 196
Two 6050 622 2966 388 7157 322 1353 207
Three 7606 763 2883 474 7039 564 1294 318
Four or more (B) (B) (B) (B) 9492 914 2687 965
Work Experience
Worked 8212 452 5486 2294 7815 279 1159 114
Full-Time,Y/R (B) (B) (B) (B) 9868 479 1248 162
Did not work 5074 455 2504 209 5898 392 1854 340
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
1 or more programs 6836 385 2542 192 6849 262 1243 171
Medicaid 7032 455 2223 218 6677 279 1267 212
Food Stamps 6923 428 2451 208 6882 275 1179 180
Public Housing
or Rental Subsidy 8067 658 2221 261 7145 455 880 122
AFDC or ADC 7098 566 2243 292 6837 332 1185 255
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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