Where do I obtain the statistic on the number of absent fathers living
in New York City? I have tried ACS  and other agencies. I tried to
only obtain the number of fathers paying child support in New York
City, but the info talks about the amount of money paid or the percent
of increase or decrease in collections.

Thanks for a challenging question.  So challenging, in fact, that the
next time someone asks a census question, I'm charging double!!!

Anyway, the information your seeking is part of what's been published
for the 2000 Census, which shows that there are more than 300,000
women in NYC raising children with no husband present.

http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/dp1/2kh36.pdf

Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: New York City, New York

Female householder, no husband present
With own children under 18 years		312,600

The table also gives other variants of the data -- total households
with children, households with two parents, etc. so that you could
tease out some other aspects of the numbers.

Hope this is what you need, but if not, let me know and I can keep
digging.

Dave

search strategy: went to www.census.gov and poked around!

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Request for Answer Clarification by gams-ga on 19 Jun 2002 23:07 PDT

Can you provide the number per boro (ie. Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn,
the Bronx, Staten Island)?     gams

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Clarification of Answer by davidsar-ga on 20 Jun 2002 05:45 PDT

Here's the same statistic for each borough:

Bronx County 	 	 88,869
Kings County		107,838
NY County (Manhattan)  	 47,842
Richmond County		 11,158
Queens County		 56,893

TOTAL                   312,600

By the way, I noticed your other post, and I THINK I can answer it (or
at least get you in the ballpark), but I'm sure it will be locked for
a long time before I have a chance to tackle it -- hope you're not in
too much of a rush. (and if I do get the chance to answer it, I won't
really charge you double!)

Dave, you're the best. I'll probably be back. Take care.    gams

Just to be picky, it's worth noting that the number of single moms is
not necessarily the same as the number of absent fathers,
both because one mom could have a child by more than one father (and
v. versa) and because the fathers don't necessarily live in NYC.

But, very few surveys ask whether respondents have children who aren't
living with them, so the number of absent fathers is a notoriously
difficult question to answer.  It's made even more complicated by the
fact that most "nationally representative surveys" don't include
people in jails or
other institutional settings, and a large number of men in jail do
have children.

According to ACS, the number of active child support orders as of July
2001 was 208,251.
See: http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/acs/pdf/reform_plan_01_ch4.pdf
I got this by entering "non-custodial parents new york city number"
into a google search.

This is almost certainly a vast underestimate of the number of
non-custodial parents living in the city, since there are many who
don't have a child support order.  

Hope this helps.