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Getting the order right: child support guidelines and the cost of raising children.
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The Review of Policy Research
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May 1, 2006
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Introduction
section of the United States population as child support. The federal Office of Child Support Enforcement projects that by 2009, 30 million children--nearly 42% of all children in the United States--will be eligible to receive court-ordered monetary support from one or both of their parents (Johnson & O'Brien-Strain, 2000). With approximately half of United States children now expected to spend at least part of their childhood in a single-parent home, federal and state child support policies touch families in every demographic sector.
A critical determinant of the impact of child support on child and parental well-being is the amount of support ordered. ...
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