Evaluation of the Implementation of Child Support Guidelines: APPENDIX A: SUPPLEMENTAL DATA CODEBOOK

APPENDIX A: SUPPLEMENTAL DATA CODEBOOK

This appendix contains the supplemental information code book as well as a complete list of the fields in the supplemental database.

Table 2

Worksheet Database Standard Field Names

Label Name	Variable Name
Income
Custodial or mother's gross income	cugross
Noncustodial or father's gross income	ncgross
Custodial/mother adjusted income - One or more steps away from being the amount available for support	cunetinc
Noncustodial/father adjusted income - One or more steps away from being the amount available for support	ncnetinc
Custodial/mother income available for support	cuincavl
Noncustodial/father income available for support	ncincavl
Total income available for support	toincavl
Custodial/mother proportional share of total income	cuprop
Noncustodial/father proportionate share of total income	ncprop
Other income	incothr(n or c)
Deductions From Income
Prior support orders for children	priorch(n or c)
Prior support orders for spouses	priorsp(n or c)
Responsibility for other children in physical custody	preschd(n or c)
Federal taxes	fedtax(n or c)
State taxes	stattax(n or c)
Local taxes	localtax(n or c)
FICA	fica(n or c)
Non-voluntary retirement contributions	nonvol(nc or cu)
Union dues	udues(n or c)
Total deductions	todeduct
Total deductions for custodial/mother	tcdeduct
Total deductions for noncustodial/father	tndeduct
Obligation Factors/Terms
Child Support Obligation (derived from a look-up table or by multiplying the number of children by a % or fixed value)	tablesup
Total support need after additions	supneed
Custodial or mother's support obligation	cusuppob
Noncustodial or father's support obligation	ncsuppob
Support order of custodial or mother (What is to be paid after any credits/deductions or additions)	csuppord
Support order of noncustodial or father (What is to be paid after any credits/deductions or additions)	nsuppord
Percentage used to determine support	percent
Child or Day Care
Day care expenses of custodial parent	cudycare
Day care expenses of noncustodial parent	ncdycare
Total day care expenses as an addition to the support need	dycaread

Note: Fields followed by "(n or c)" indicate that the noncustodial parent and the custodial parent or the mother and father can each have a variable with that name. For example, the prior order(s) of the noncustodial parent or father is "priorchn" and those for the custodial parent or mother is "priorchc".

APPENDIX B: SPECIALIZED STATE DATA ENTRY SCREENS

Editor's Note: The data entry screens described here are not available.

This appendix contains the specialized data entry screens developed for each State's child support worksheet. The field names are in bold typeface. At the bottom of each worksheet are comments to the user to assist in accessing and analyzing the database. Following each worksheet is a database summary that itemizes and briefly describes the fields for each database.