Informal Child Support Contributions in Black Female-headed Families

Authors

Terry Ann L. Craigie, Connecticut CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Publication Title

Review of Black Political Economy

Abstract

Key reforms to child support enforcement have aimed at increasing formal child support awards, levels and receipts. However, the role of child support contributions outside the formal child support system has been largely ignored. This study draws critical attention to these informal child support contributions, with chief focus on informal child support receipts of Black mothers. The study finds that Black mothers are significantly more likely to receive informal cash and in-kind child support contributions relative to other mothers, especially when non-resident fathers are also Black.

Keywords

Black mothers, Informal child support

Volume

39

Issue

2

First Page

259

Last Page

265

DOI

10.1007/s12114-011-9115-1

ISSN

00346446

Rights

© 2011 Springer Science + Business Media, LLC.

Comments

Archived as published. Open access paper.

Recommended Citation

Craigie, Terry Ann L., "Informal Child Support Contributions in Black Female-headed Families" (2012). Economics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/eco_facpubs/71