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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
BELOW POVERTY
Total 6695 355 4135 1274 6964 248 1420 167
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 7470 447 1532 209
Separated 6698 731 7685 5018 6815 464 1176 229
Widowed 1/ (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Never married 5767 468 2139 234 6697 440 1471 438
Race/Hispan Origin
White 6792 436 5126 1864 6881 273 1342 141
White,not Hispan 6999 484 5664 2200 6866 307 1408 160
Black 6399 667 1983 247 7151 595 1439 500
Hispanic Origin 2/ (B) (B) (B) (B) 6899 820 1086 400
Age
15 to 17 years (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
18 to 29 years 5427 475 5672 3207 6390 419 837 113
30 to 39 years 7894 588 3261 372 7508 387 1897 342
40 years and over 6797 799 2913 333 6924 431 1555 324
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 6654 674 2193 322 6615 442 1215 206
H.S. grad (or GED) 6300 581 5761 2983 6806 416 1160 150
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 MOTHERS
BELOW POVERTY
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 5817 458 6657 3537 6042 382 1104 142
Two 5968 629 2862 380 7028 329 1331 216
Three 7699 763 2901 481 6994 588 1326 331
Four or more (B) (B) (B) (B) 9492 914 2687 965
Work Experience
Worked 8194 464 5504 2360 7813 288 1151 119
Full-time,Y/R (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B)
Did not work 4968 459 2556 218 5980 395 1732 330
Prog Participa-
tion in 1995
1 or more programs 6817 395 2577 201 6847 267 1233 175
Medicaid 7033 457 2262 225 6696 280 1258 215
Food Stamps 6877 442 2483 218 6881 280 1166 184
Public Housing
or Rental Subsidy 8065 668 2290 273 7145 455 880 122
AFDC or ADC 7039 566 2307 305 6819 335 1167 257
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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