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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 MOTHERS
BELOW POVERTY
Total 3871 1979 1654 1024 6855 206 2519 530
Standard error 156 112 103 81 (X) (X) (X) (X)
Residence of Noncus-
todial Parent in 1995
Same State 2883 1592 1316 850 6967 233 2470 630
Different State 339 182 148 92 6557 592 3537 935
Outside the U.S. 156 13 13 7 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Unknown 493 192 176 75 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation and Joint
Custody Arrangements
of Noncustodial Par-
ent by Contact with
Child in 1995
Visitation privs only 2075 1196 995 674 7154 260 1991 165
No contact 592 301 261 138 7388 522 1882 274
Some contact--1+ days 1482 895 734 536 7094 298 2020 195
Joint custody only 1/ 27 18 18 11 (B) (B) (B) (B)
No contact 12 4 4 1 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 14 14 14 9 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Visitation & joint 1/ 469 353 308 218 6599 433 4907 2413
No contact 104 60 52 25 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Some contact--1+ days 365 293 255 193 6725 477 5442 2722
Neither visit/joint 1301 412 332 120 5882 532 1271 237
No Contact 1082 316 265 90 5160 473 1353 301
Some contact--1+ days 219 96 67 30 (B) (B) (B) (B)
Type of Agreement
Legal Agreement 1725 1725 1485 906 6832 216 2591 598
Other Agreement 255 255 169 117 7034 664 1968 257
Year of Most Recent
Child Supp Agreement
1990 and later 1378 1378 1141 719 6877 252 2674 750
1985 to 1989 410 410 371 219 6895 403 2087 229
1980 to 1984 157 157 115 67 (B) (B) (B) (B)
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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