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Table 4. Child Support Payments Agreed to or Awarded Custodial Parents 1
by Selected Characteristics and Gender
(Numbers in thousands)
--Child support agreed to or awarded--3/
Supposed to rec'v child supp in 1997
Received payments Did not Child
Full Part receive sup not
Total Total Total Total pay pay payments awarded
CUSTODIAL MOTHERS
Total 11905 7080 6331 4335 2650 1685 1996 4825
Standard error 281 219 207 172 135 108 117 181
Marital Status
Married 2607 1703 1559 1174 779 395 385 904
First marriage 567 248 214 132 77 55 82 319
Divorced remarried 1983 1422 1317 1025 694 331 292 561
Divorced 3673 2585 2357 1738 1116 622 619 1087
Separated 1565 880 765 507 311 197 258 685
Widowed 1/ 230 125 104 62 31 31 42 106
Never married 3831 1788 1547 855 413 442 692 2043
Race/Hispan Origin
White 8264 5307 4752 3475 2164 1311 1277 2957
White,not Hispan 6673 4559 4109 3076 1949 1127 1033 2114
Black 3321 1607 1434 764 416 348 670 1714
Hispanic Origin 2/ 1710 798 688 433 234 198 256 912
Age
15 to 17 years 103 39 37 10 0 10 27 64
18 to 29 years 3204 1778 1561 898 483 415 662 1426
30 to 39 years 4714 2907 2653 1917 1070 847 736 1807
40 years and over 3883 2355 2080 1509 1096 413 571 1528
Educ Attainment
Less than H.S. grad 2385 1132 976 536 224 312 440 1253
H.S. grad (or GED) 4399 2608 2336 1513 974 539 823 1791
Some college--no deg 2624 1626 1476 1041 641 400 435 998
Associate 1043 728 653 515 291 224 138 315
Bachelor or more 1454 987 891 730 520 210 161 467
Universe: People 15 years and older with own children under 21 years
of age present from an absent parent as of spring 1998.
Table 4. Child Support Payments Agreed to or Awarded Custodial Parents 2
by Selected Characteristics and Gender
(Numbers in thousands)
--Child support agreed to or awarded--3/
Supposed to rec'v child supp in 1997
Received payments Did not Child
Full Part receive sup not
Total Total Total Total pay pay payments awarded
CUSTODIAL MOTHERS
Number Own Kids
Present From
Absent Parent
One 6602 3609 3181 2143 1418 725 1038 2993
Two 3450 2222 2031 1456 859 597 576 1228
Three 1335 910 818 567 291 275 251 424
Four or more 518 339 301 170 82 88 131 179
Work Experience
Worked 9361 5779 5214 3663 2322 1341 1551 3581
Full-time,Y/R 5585 3573 3230 2324 1536 787 907 2011
Did not work 2544 1301 1117 672 328 344 445 1244
Prog Participa-
tion in 1997
1 or more programs 4535 2424 2124 1289 579 710 835 2111
Medicaid 3192 1758 1556 892 388 504 664 1434
Food Stamps 3457 1841 1610 917 347 570 693 1616
Public Housing
or Rent Subsidy 1706 917 806 465 229 236 341 788
AFDC or ADC 1888 1022 905 452 134 318 453 866
Gen Assistance
or Other Welfare 261 119 111 68 35 33 43 142
Universe: People 15 years and older with own children under 21 years
of age present from an absent parent as of spring 1998.
See footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, April 1998
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