Child Support and Alimony: 1989 Table E. Mean Child Support Payments Received, by Selected Characteristics of Women (Numbers in thousands. Women 15 years and over as of April 1990. Women 15 years and over as of April 1988r. Women 18 years and over as of April of the following year for previous years. In 1989 dollars using the CPI-U-X1 and CPI-U) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Characteristic Mean child support payments 2/ --------------------------------------------- 1989 1987r 1987 1985 1983 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All Women 2,995 2,952 2,958 2,553 2,914 Current marital status 3/: --Married 4/ 2,931 2,773 2,773 2,266 2,694 --Divorced 3,322 3,354 3,354 2,925 3,101 --Separated 3,060 2,986 2,996 2,399 3,339 --Never married 1,888 1,754 1,781 1,322 1,409 Race and Hispanic origin: --White 3,132 3,218 3,220 2,644 3,081 --Black 2,263 1,625 1,641 2,021 1,824 --Hispanic origin 5/ 2,965 2,869 2,869 2,318 2,290 Age: --Less than 18 years (B) (B) (NA) (NA) (NA) --18 to 29 years 1,981 2,124 2,124 1,691 2,145 --30 to 39 years 3,032 2,993 2,993 2,762 2,933 --40 years and over 3,903 3,661 3,661 2,941 3,695 Years of school completed: --Less than 12 years 1,754 2,019 2,043 2,115 1,911 --High school: 4 years 2,698 2,749 2,749 2,351 2,688 --College: 1 to 3 years 3,338 3,002 3,002 2,820 2,903 4 years or more 4,850 4,705 4,705 3,432 5,127 Number of Own Children Present from an absent father: --One child 2,425 2,443 2,453 1,935 2,215 --Two children 3,527 3,536 3,536 2,993 3,464 --Three children 4,509 3,676 3,676 3,227 3,664 --Four children or more 3,226 2,312 2,312 4,309 4,613 ------------------------------------------------------------- Mean child supportMean child support Characteristic payments 2/ (Using CPI-U) ------------------------------------ 1981 1978 1981 1978 ------------------------------------------------------------- All Women 2898 3305 2873 3421 Current marital status 3/: --Married 4/ 2627 2943 2604 3047 --Divorced 3055 3584 3028 3710 --Separated 3267 3501 3238 3625 --Never married 1397 1793 1385 1856 Race and Hispanic origin: --White 3000 3419 2974 3539 --Black 2257 2377 2237 2461 --Hispanic origin 5/ 2846 2421 2821 2507 Age: --Less than 18 years (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) --18 to 29 years 2041 2361 2023 2444 --30 to 39 years 3070 3448 3043 3570 --40 years and over 3419 4108 3389 4253 Years of school completed: --Less than 12 years 2308 2761 2288 2858 --High school: 4 years 2627 3057 2604 3165 --College: 1 to 3 years 3178 3838 3150 3973 4 years or more 4251 4729 4214 4895 Number of Own Children Present from an absent father: --One child 2235 2366 2215 2450 --Two children 3154 3665 3127 3794 --Three children 3849 4644 3815 4808 --Four children or more 4330 5056 4292 5234 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 3/ Excludes a small number of currently widowed women whose previous marriage ended in divorce. 4/ Remarried women whose previous marriage ended in divorce. 5/ Women of Hispanic origin may be of any race.