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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
BELOW POVERTY
Total 4172 2103 1761 1067 6855 202 2531 510
Standard error 162 116 106 83 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Residence of Noncus-
todial Parent in 1995
Same State 3072 1690 1399 887 6999 226 2451 604
Different State 364 184 149 92 6557 592 3537 935
Outside the U.S. 172 13 13 7 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Unknown 564 217 201 81 5506 617 2190 499
Visitation and Joint
Custody Arrangements
of Noncustodial Par-
ent by Contact with
Child in 1995
Visitation privs only 2251 1271 1055 703 7167 255 2050 167
No contact 647 331 287 148 7326 519 2054 339
Some contact--1+ days 1604 939 768 555 7125 292 2049 192
Joint custody only 1/ 30 22 22 11 (B) (B) (B) (B)
No contact 12 4 4 1 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 18 18 18 9 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation & joint 1/ 527 382 335 231 6597 413 4737 2279
No contact 120 75 68 28 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 407 306 267 203 6718 459 5277 2590
Neither visit/joint 1364 429 350 123 5781 532 1254 232
No Contact 1135 330 279 90 5160 473 1353 301
Some contact--1+ days 228 99 71 33 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Type of Agreement
Legal Agreement 1849 1849 1592 950 6832 212 2601 572
Other Agreement 255 255 169 117 7034 664 1968 257
Year of Most Recent
Child Supp Agreement
1990 and later 1462 1462 1212 743 6876 249 2676 727
1985 to 1989 433 433 390 229 6974 390 2136 231
1980 to 1984 174 174 132 76 6396 788 2645 433
Before 1980 35 35 27 19 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Universe:People 15 years and older with own children under 21 years
of age present from an absent parent as of spring 1995.
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