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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 MOTHERS
Total 24355 695 5086 335 18477 832 2016 103
Standard error (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
Marital Status
Married 21221 1312 4506 377 18319 1692 2284 173
First marriage (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Divorced remarried 21822 1448 4717 419 19581 2010 2552 204
Divorced 29501 1059 5124 245 21826 914 2203 162
Separated 20412 1818 6230 1859 16287 3879 1962 314
Widowed 1/ (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Never married 13281 1103 3365 926 13175 1388 1332 234
Race/Hispan Origin
White 25345 781 5434 398 19815 1029 2195 116
White,not Hispan 26142 833 5632 434 20743 1133 2275 127
Black 19243 1709 2951 318 14255 1201 1367 240
Hispanic Origin 2/ 16748 2234 3269 341 12734 2159 1520 325
Age
15 to 17 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
18 to 29 years 12959 820 4439 1338 12084 711 1218 90
30 to 39 years 24049 1158 4528 214 20725 1498 2295 164
40 years and over 29906 1064 5985 535 22212 1524 2487 256
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 10758 997 2959 287 7897 633 1286 148
H.S. grad (or GED) 18560 1235 4535 662 15016 792 1763 118
Some college--no deg 23619 1098 5532 773 21163 2222 2004 200
Associate 31221 1697 6688 1249 24564 2218 2338 272
Bachelor or more 36602 1574 5618 470 38999 3748 4292 735
-----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 MOTHERS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 25029 1075 4452 485 20151 1525 1597 118
Two 25269 1078 5880 606 17515 952 2239 162
Three 20862 1648 5784 773 18790 2281 2582 374
Four or more 17916 2476 4524 816 10041 1024 2908 843
Work Experience
Worked 27389 740 5409 390 22133 1006 2088 112
Full-time,Y/R 31479 924 5203 322 26444 911 2362 163
Did not work 7077 1003 3244 262 5876 440 1769 243
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
1 or more programs 11465 803 2899 156 9644 430 1325 122
Medicaid 10963 1060 2635 200 8873 437 1271 152
Food Stamps 9587 631 2698 172 9179 464 1253 138
Public Housing
or Rental Subsidy 11236 1110 2587 233 8315 551 962 123
AFDC or ADC 8667 875 2314 236 8003 422 1159 200
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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