Study of child maintenance (WP75)
皇冠体育app findings of the Study of Child Maintenance Arrangements.
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Working Paper No. 75
This working paper presents the findings of the Study of Child Maintenance Arrangements. 皇冠体育app aim of the study was to provide an estimate of the prevalence of effective child maintenance arrangements just prior to policy changes at the end of October 2008. 皇冠体育app study sample was drawn from the sample of the 2007 to 2008 Family Resources Survey.
On the basis of child maintenance cases, 28% had an arrangement in place that was 鈥榮uccessful鈥� on the criterion that payments were received, whether on time or less regularly. 皇冠体育app most common type of arrangement was a private agreement, followed by a Child Support Agency arrangement. When an arrangement existed, the payments were usually received in full and on time. In general, it tended to be the older parents with care and those in employment, who had more successful arrangements. 皇冠体育app findings provide useful lessons for developing sustainable, fit-for-purpose measures of effective child maintenance arrangements going forward.