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Table 9. Child Support Award and Receipt Status of Custodial Parents in 1995
by Gender and Selected Characteristics of Noncustodial Parents
(Numbers in thousands)
----Child support agreed to or awarded----2/
Supposed to recv child supp in 1995
--------Received payments---------
Child
Total money support
income income
Total Total Total Total Mean S.E Mean S.E.
CUSTODIAL PARENTS
Total 13739 7967 6966 4769 22543 546 3732 187
Standard error 287 222 208 173 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Residence of Noncus-
todial Parent in 1995
Same State 10248 6148 5340 3800 22567 636 3752 224
Different State 1595 1015 886 624 23684 1253 3419 296
Outside the U.S. 341 59 51 28 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Unknown 1556 746 689 316 19407 1641 3797 576
Visitation and Joint
Custody Arrangements
of Noncustodial Par-
ent by Contact with
Child in 1995
Visitation privs only 7469 4683 4074 2924 21110 672 3297 192
No contact 1817 1097 950 507 20822 2065 2519 186
Some contact--1+ days 5653 3587 3124 2417 21171 688 3460 228
Joint custody only 1/ 121 95 73 39 (B) (B) (B) (B)
No contact 55 43 31 18 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 66 52 43 21 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation & joint 1/ 3044 2089 1901 1487 26836 1067 4592 409
No contact 376 252 232 144 21102 2038 2414 323
Some contact--1+ days 2668 1837 1669 1343 27452 1158 4826 450
Neither visit/joint 3105 1100 917 318 15630 1405 3770 1032
No Contact 2546 873 734 225 13214 1368 3206 1295
Some contact--1+ days 559 226 183 94 21430 3243 5124 1599
Type of Agreement
Legal Agreement 7317 7317 6483 4444 22898 577 3812 200
Other Agreement 651 651 483 325 17696 1290 2643 247
Year of Most Recent
Child Supp Agreement
1990 and later 4852 4852 4234 2948 22640 761 3823 247
1985 to 1989 2001 2001 1805 1214 21781 871 3466 238
1980 to 1984 905 905 777 503 23201 1418 4064 851
Before 1980 210 210 151 103 25532 3216 2637 396
Universe:People 15 years and older with own children under 21 years
of age present from an absent parent as of spring 1996.
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