University of Wisconsin - Madison Institute for Research on Poverty
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The paper reviews findings from recent descriptive data on child support and estimates a multivariate model of the determination of child support income. The descriptive data show large differentials in award status among sociodemographic subgroups of women. Once an award has been made, variation in recipiency rates is small. Payments constitute a significant part of the incomes of women receiving child support, although the average payment per child is only $1800 per year. The multivariate analysis of child support income for AFDC recipients supports these findings. In addition, it shows relatively large differences among states in the percentage of women with an award and in the percentage of those who receive any payments. The almost complete lack of data about the absent father's ability to pay and his reasons for not paying makes it difficult to answer the question, Who pays what to whom? and to assess the equity of the current child support ,system. Future studies of the child support problem should therefore attempt to gather direct information about the absent parent's ability and willingness to provide support for his children. CHILD SUPPORT: WHO PAYS WHAT TO WHOM?
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