Benefit Adequacy Among Elderly Social Security Retired-Worker Beneficiaries and the SSI Federal Benefit Rate - Text description for the bar chart "Percent of elderly retired-worker beneficiaries with Social Security benefits below the unit FBR in each SSI eligibility and participation status category with family income above 200 percent of the poverty threshold"

Percent of elderly retired-worker beneficiaries with Social Security benefits below the unit FBR in each SSI eligibility and participation status category with family income above 200 percent of the poverty threshold
SSI Status	Percent
Eligible participant	8.0
Eligible nonparticipant	16.8
Not eligible because of both income and assets	76.0
Not eligible because of income only	38.8
Not eligible because of assets only	10.8
SOURCE: Authors' calculations based on November 1996 data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
NOTE: FBR = federal benefit rate; SSI = Supplemental Security Income.