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Are you currently or have you ever been entitled to alimony or child support payments from a former (husband/wife)?

Are you now, or have you ever been, entitled to alimony or child support from a former spouse?

Ever entitled to alimony or child support · Asked in 1 wave, 1986 · 398 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

YesNo

Group	Yes	No	n	MoE
All respondents	33%	67%	398	±6
Urban	26%	74%	116	±10
Suburban	36%	64%	180	±8
Rural	33%	67%	102	±11

General Social Survey 1986 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.

Answers as the source codes them

YesNoNo answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 1986	1986-02-14 to 1986-04-24	face to face	1,470	398