How Have People Responded to Changes in the Retirement Earnings Test in 2000? - Text description for the line chart "Beneficiaries becoming entitled during each year, 1996

Beneficiaries becoming entitled during each year, 1996–2003 (in percent)
Year	Turning ages 62–64	Turning age 65	Attained ages 65–69	Attained ages 70–72
1996	33.92	20.73	1.13	0.62
1997	33.06	20.88	1.09	0.23
1998	32.91	21.92	1.19	0.13
1999	32.27	22.13	1.45	0.10
2000	31.84	27.69	2.66	0.12
2001	32.03	27.60	0.69	0.08
2002	30.80	27.39	0.57	0.12
2003	29.66	25.04	0.83	0.13
SOURCE: Authors' tabulations using the 1 percent extract of the Social Security Administration's Master Earnings File and Master Beneficiary Record.