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Child Support and Alimony: 1989
Table F. Child Support Payments Due and Actually Received: 1978 to 1989
(Aggregates in billions of dollars. In 1989 dollars using the CPI-U and
CPI-U-X1 1/)
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Characteristics In 1989 dollars2/
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1989 1987r 1987 1985 1983
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Women due child support
payments:
--total thousands 4,953 4,840 4,829 4,381 3,995
Mean payments (dollars)1/:
--Due $3,292 $3,287 $3,293 $2,877 $3,139
--Received 2,252 2,247 2,252 1,892 2,215
--Deficit 1,040 1,039 1,041 986 925
Aggregate payments (in billions
of dollars):
--Child support due 16.3 15.9 15.9 12.6 12.5
--Child support received 11.2 10.9 10.9 8.3 8.8
--Aggregate child support
deficit 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.3 3.7
Percent of aggregate due
actually received 68.7 68.6 68.6 65.9 70.4
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Mean child support
Characteristic In 1989 dollars2/ (Using CPI-U)
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1981 1978 1981 1978
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Women due child support
payments:
--total thousands 4,043 3,424 4,043 3,424
Mean payments (dollars)1/:
--Due $3,382 $3,680 $3,352 $3,810
--Received 2,080 2,370 2,063 2,454
--Deficit 1,301 1,310 1,289 1,357
Aggregate payments (in billions
of dollars):
--Child support due 13.7 12.6 13.6 13.0
--Child support received 8.4 8.1 8.3 8.4
--Aggregate child support
deficit 5.3 4.5 5.2 4.6
Percent of aggregate due
actually received 61.3 64.3 61.0 64.6
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r Revised.
1/ For a discussion of the CPI-U-X1 and CPI-U, see Appendix B of Current
Population Reports, Series P60, No. 173, "Child Support and Alimony: 1989"
2/ Based on the CPI-U for 1983-1989 and CPI-U-X1 for 1978 and 1981.
Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit
ask.census.gov for further information on Child Support Data.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 02, 2004
