Benefit Adequacy Among Elderly Social Security Retired-Worker Beneficiaries and the SSI Federal Benefit Rate - Text description for the pie chart "Percentage distribution of Social Security retired-worker beneficiaries aged 65 or older with Social Security benefits below the effective SSI federal benefit rate for individuals or couples, by SSI income and asset eligibility status"

Percentage distribution of Social Security retired-worker beneficiaries aged 65 or older with Social Security benefits below the effective SSI federal benefit rate for individuals or couples, by SSI income and asset eligibility status
Eligibility status	Percent
SSI eligible	30
Not eligible because of income and assets	46
Not eligible because of income only	17
Not eligible because of assets only	7
SOURCE: Authors' calculations based on November 1996 data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
NOTE: SSI = Supplemental Security Income.