Trends in the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Disability Programs - Text description for the line chart "Percentage of newly entitled disabled workers with high replacement rates"

Changes in Incentives Influencing Program Size
Percentage of newly entitled disabled workers with high replacement rates, 1970–2000
Year	Percent
1970	12.50
1971	15.80
1972	18.00
1973	26.30

1974	30.50
1975	34.00
1976	35.00
1977	37.50

1978	39.00
1979	37.60
1980	32.80
1981	29.20

1982	28.10
1983	23.70
1984	26.40
1985	25.90

1986	24.50
1987	24.40
1988	25.60
1989	25.70

1990	28.20
1991	28.10
1992	27.70
1993	27.10

1994	26.10
1995	25.50
1996	26.10
1997	25.20

1998	26.20
1999	25.00
2000	25.40
SOURCE: Unpublished data compiled by the authors using the 1% Continuous Work History Sample.
NOTE: Replacement rates are based on average indexed monthly earnings. High replacement rates are those that exceed 80 percent of predisability earnings.