How Have People Responded to Changes in the Retirement Earnings Test in 2000? - Text description for the line chart "Rates of work participation and benefit entitlement, by age group, 1996

Rates of work participation and benefit entitlement, by age group, 1996–2003 (in percent)
Year	Turning ages 62–64	Turning age 65	Attained ages 65–69	Attained ages 70–72
	Work participation
1996	52.33	40.52	26.30	15.79
1997	53.43	42.00	27.27	16.45
1998	53.98	42.93	28.32	17.17
1999	54.66	43.52	29.22	17.60
2000	55.67	44.85	30.72	18.87
2001	55.73	45.09	31.43	18.87
2002	55.39	45.13	31.85	19.48
2003	55.38	44.76	32.09	19.56
	Benefit entitlement
1996	55.18	85.59	89.78	91.87
1997	54.19	85.21	89.60	91.94
1998	53.74	84.67	89.35	92.02
1999	53.30	85.26	89.38	92.04
2000	52.87	89.76	90.63	92.15
2001	51.93	89.27	91.00	91.81
2002	50.49	88.84	90.98	91.98
2003	48.65	85.38	91.18	91.96
SOURCE: Authors' tabulations using the 1 percent extract of the Social Security Administration's Master Earnings File and Master Beneficiary Record.