Child Trends.

Among custodial parents with a child support award, the percentage who received a full payment of all support owed them in the previous year increased from 37 percent in 1994 to 46 percent in 1998, and was 45 percent in 2003.

In 2002, over a quarter of all children under age 21 who were living in families had a parent who was not living in the home. Most often, children live with their mothers in the absence of the other parent, although families headed by single fathers are increasing in number. These families have an increased likelihood of living in poverty -- Child Trends