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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2016 Jun 9;60:249–265. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.06.005

Table 3.

Sample Size for Child Support Outcomes by Family’s Citizenship Status

Citizen
Families
Mixed Status
Families
Total
Full Sample N 3,122 781 3,903
CS Eligible N
% of full sample
1,938
62%
319
41%
2,257
58%
CS Plausible N
% of full sample
1,733
57%
269
34%
2,042
52%
Paternity Established N
% of CS eligible
1,690
87%
263
82%
1,953
87%
Child Support Order N
% of CS plausible
% of paternity established
592
33%
35%
34
13%
13%
626
31%
26%
Child Support Receipt N
% of CS plausible
% of having CS order
319
18%
54%
20
7%
59%
339
17%
54%
In-kind Support N
% of CS plausible
1,077
61%
97
36%
1,174
57%

Source: Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey, the Baseline, Age 1 and Age 3 Data.