Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 23
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Award and recipiency status | 1978 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 |1991\1\
of women | | | | | | |
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Number, in thousands
Total women with children
from an absent father\2\ .. 7,094 8,387 8,690 8,808 9,415 9,955 9,918
Payments not awarded ............ 2,898 3,417 3,675 3,411 3,861 4,207 4,376
Payments awarded\3\.............. 4,196 4,969 5,015 5,396 5,554 5,748 5,542
Supposed to receive payments .. 3,424 4,043 3,995 4,381 4,829 4,953 4,883
Actually received payments .. 2,455 2,902 3,037 3,243 3,676 3,725 3,728
Received full amount ...... 1,675 1,888 2,018 2,112 2,475 2,546 2,552
Received partial amount ... 779 1,014 1,019 1,131 1,201 1,179 1,176
Did not receive payments .... 969 1,140 958 1,138 1,153 1,228 1,156
Percentage distribution
Total women with children
from an absent father\2\ .. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Payments not awarded ............ 40.9 40.7 42.3 38.7 41.0 42.3 44.1
Payments awarded\3\.............. 59.1 59.2 57.7 61.3 59.0 57.7 55.9
Supposed to receive payments .. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Actually received payments .. 71.7 71.8 76.0 74.0 76.1 75.2 76.3
Received full amount ...... 48.9 46.7 50.5 48.2 51.3 51.4 52.3
Received partial amount ... 22.8 25.1 25.5 25.8 24.9 23.8 24.1
Did not receive payments .... 28.3 28.2 24.0 26.0 23.9 24.8 23.7
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/1/ Survey questions may not be comparable to previous years.
/2/ Includes only women with own children under 21 years old.
/3/ Includes those supposed to receive payments over time and those receiving lump sum awards.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-23, Support and Alimony, various years; Series P-60, Child Support and Alimony: 1989; and Child Support for Custodial Fathers and Mothers: 1991.
[Indicator 22. Federal Aid to Families]
[Indicator 24. College Costs]
