United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

344 Social Insurance and Human Services
N o . 5 6 1 . C h i l d S u p p o r t a n d A l i m o n y — S e l e c t e d C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f W o m e n : 1 9 7 8
[Women as of spring 1979, Child support data are for women with own children under 21 years of age present from an absent
father. Alimony data are for ever-divorced and currently separated women. Covers civilian noninstitutional population. Based on
Current Population Survey; see text, p. 2. For definition of mean, see Guide to Tabular Presentation]
C U R R E N T M A R I T A L S T A T U S R A C E E D U C A T I O N
R E C I P I E N C Y S T A T U S O F W O M E N Unit Total*
Less
t h a n
12
y rs .
4 yrs.
high
school
1-3
yra.
Divorced
Married3
Single*
Sepa­
Spanisrated
White Black
origin4
college
4 or
more
yrs.
college
C H I L D S U P P O R T
Total women with children... 1,000..... 7,094 2,390 2,006 1,374 1,257 5,085 1,895 521 2,365 3,157 1,117 4 5 5
1,000..... 4,196 1,907 145 567 3,596 546 226 1,095 2,012 766 323
Percent of total................... Percent... 59.1 79.8 77.1 10.6 45.1 70.7 28.8 43.8 46.3 63.7 68.6 71.0
Supposed to receive payment
in 1978............................. 1,000...... 3,424 1,693 107 463 2,973 413 1 9 1 870 1,650 629 274
1,000...... 2,455 87 3 3 5 2^160 260 125 534 1,203 482 235
Percent of total............. Percent... 34.6 51.9 39.0 6.3 26.7 42.6 13.7 24.0 22.6 38.1 43.2 51.6
Percent of supposed..... Percent... 71.7 73.3 68.3 81.3 72.6 72.9 63.0 65.4 61.4 72.9 76.6 65.8
By percent of payments
received:
100 percent and over.... 1,000...... 1,675 861 498 65 246 1.492 166 80 347 628 329 171
1,000.... 154 80 5 7 7 10 139 8 4 22 75 37 18
1,000..... 288 130 95 5 36 236 33 17 69 126 54 18
1,000..... 357 43 302 52 23 95 175 61 26
Did not receive payment...... 1,000.... 969 452 363 20 127 805 154 66 336 447 147 39
1,000..... 2,896 459 1,230 690 1,489 1,348 292 1,270 1,145 3 5 2 131
Mean money income:
Women received payments..... Dollars.... 8,944 10,582 7,187 4,522 8,177 9.183 7,271 6,922 3,611 .7,937 10,395 16,439
1.799 1,951 1,602 976 1,906 1,861 1,294 1,318 1,503 1,664 2,089 2,574
Women did not receive
payments...................... ....... Dollars..... 6,216 7,837 4,587 (9) 5,425 6,140 6,872