This statistic shows the share of American single parents who have taken custody of their own children and were awarded child support between 1993 and 2011. Here, approximately 49 percent of single-parents living with their own child or children under 21 years of age were awarded child support in 2011.
Share of custodial parents awarded child support in the United States from 1993 to 2011
Parents living with own children under 21 years of age whose other parent is not living in the home
Supplementary notes
According to the source, numbers are in thousands as of spring of the following year. Parents living with own children under 21 years of age whose other parent is not living in the home.
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US Census Bureau. (October 31, 2013). Share of custodial parents awarded child support in the United States from 1993 to 2011 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/257899/share-of-custodial-parents-awarded-child-support-in-the-united-states/
US Census Bureau. "Share of custodial parents awarded child support in the United States from 1993 to 2011." Chart. October 31, 2013. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257899/share-of-custodial-parents-awarded-child-support-in-the-united-states/
US Census Bureau. (2013). Share of custodial parents awarded child support in the United States from 1993 to 2011. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/257899/share-of-custodial-parents-awarded-child-support-in-the-united-states/
US Census Bureau. "Share of Custodial Parents Awarded Child Support in The United States from 1993 to 2011." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257899/share-of-custodial-parents-awarded-child-support-in-the-united-states/
US Census Bureau, Share of custodial parents awarded child support in the United States from 1993 to 2011 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/257899/share-of-custodial-parents-awarded-child-support-in-the-united-states/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Share of custodial parents awarded child support in the United States from 1993 to 2011 [Graph], US Census Bureau, October 31, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/257899/share-of-custodial-parents-awarded-child-support-in-the-united-states/
