Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2000
| Characteristic | Number of disabled beneficiaries | Percentage distribution | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total a | Workers | Adult children |
Total a | Workers | Adult children |
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| All disabled workers and disabled adult children | 6,039,819 | 5,158,545 | 772,507 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Men | 3,524,438 | 3,048,809 | 468,694 | 58.4 | 59.1 | 60.7 | |||
| Women | 2,515,382 | 2,109,736 | 303,813 | 41.6 | 40.9 | 39.3 | |||
| Race | |||||||||
| White | 4,756,006 | 4,099,373 | 568,138 | 78.7 | 79.5 | 73.5 | |||
| Black | 1,142,576 | 949,186 | 178,256 | 18.9 | 18.4 | 23.1 | |||
| American Indian, Alaska Native | 90,551 | 64,114 | 21,300 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.8 | |||
| Asian, Pacific Islander | 50,686 | 45,872 | 4,814 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | |||
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 5,649,663 | 4,852,556 | 699,444 | 93.5 | 94.1 | 90.5 | |||
| Hispanic | 390,157 | 305,990 | 73,064 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 9.5 | |||
| Age | |||||||||
| Under 25 | 148,570 | 28,802 | 119,767 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 15.5 | |||
| 25-34 | 616,417 | 396,441 | 219,975 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 28.5 | |||
| 35-44 | 1,188,745 | 968,478 | 220,267 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 28.5 | |||
| 45-54 | 1,702,449 | 1,607,604 | 94,845 | 28.2 | 31.2 | 12.3 | |||
| 55 or older | 2,383,638 | 2,157,218 | 117,653 | 39.5 | 41.8 | 15.2 | |||
| Years of education | |||||||||
| Unknown | 9,174 | 9,174 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | |||
| 0-8 | 1,030,000 | 642,331 | 357,303 | 17.1 | 12.5 | 46.3 | |||
| 9-11 | 1,029,707 | 916,855 | 90,879 | 17.0 | 17.8 | 11.8 | |||
| 12 | 2,164,207 | 1,863,777 | 266,931 | 35.8 | 36.1 | 34.6 | |||
| 13-15 | 1,229,337 | 1,179,585 | 35,936 | 20.4 | 22.9 | 4.7 | |||
| 16 or more | 577,394 | 546,823 | 21,459 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 2.8 | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married | 2,661,071 | 2,647,511 | 9,632 | 44.1 | 51.3 | 1.2 | |||
| Nonmarried | |||||||||
| Never married | 1,826,546 | 1,066,811 | 759,735 | 30.2 | 20.7 | 98.3 | |||
| Divorced or separated | 1,155,141 | 1,152,000 | 3,140 | 19.1 | 22.3 | 0.4 | |||
| Widowed | 397,061 | 292,223 | 0 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 0 | |||
| Family size | |||||||||
| 1 person | 1,820,615 | 1,504,984 | 243,130 | 30.1 | 29.2 | 31.5 | |||
| 2 persons | 2,065,996 | 1,865,164 | 169,523 | 34.2 | 36.2 | 21.9 | |||
| 3-4 persons | 1,658,502 | 1,387,670 | 266,018 | 27.5 | 26.9 | 34.4 | |||
| 5 or more persons | 494,706 | 400,727 | 93,836 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 12.1 | |||
| Household size | |||||||||
| 1 person | 1,424,628 | 1,229,291 | 131,014 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 17.0 | |||
| 2 persons | 2,285,734 | 2,053,706 | 195,153 | 37.8 | 39.8 | 25.3 | |||
| 3-4 persons | 1,748,952 | 1,443,544 | 297,981 | 29.0 | 28.0 | 38.6 | |||
| 5 or more persons | 580,505 | 432,003 | 148,359 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 19.2 | |||
| Under age 18 in household | |||||||||
| None | 4,738,295 | 3,987,447 | 650,294 | 78.5 | 77.3 | 84.2 | |||
| 1 person | 680,734 | 601,900 | 70,765 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 9.2 | |||
| 2-3 persons | 561,214 | 509,622 | 51,449 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 6.7 | |||
| 4 or more persons | 59,575 | 59,575 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0 | |||
| Health insurance coverage | |||||||||
| Medicare | 4,529,176 | 3,879,068 | 561,171 | 75.0 | 75.2 | 72.6 | |||
| Medicaid | 2,415,203 | 1,836,086 | 529,032 | 40.0 | 35.6 | 68.5 | |||
| Private insurance | 2,671,514 | 2,449,011 | 175,301 | 44.2 | 47.5 | 22.7 | |||
| No insurance | 238,859 | 208,971 | 29,888 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | |||
| Source of individual income | |||||||||
| Earnings b | 1,406,786 | 1,190,381 | 203,240 | 23.3 | 23.1 | 26.3 | |||
| Supplemental Security Income | 1,480,711 | 1,092,703 | 347,405 | 24.5 | 21.2 | 45.0 | |||
| Pensions | 653,038 | 601,889 | 4,210 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 0.5 | |||
| Public assistance | 189,885 | 154,283 | 31,977 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 | |||
| Total annual family income (dollars) | |||||||||
| None c | 18,201 | 11,659 | 6,542 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | |||
| 1.00-4,999.00 | 97,307 | 89,345 | 7,963 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | |||
| 5,000.00-9,999.00 | 1,244,748 | 1,018,806 | 176,594 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 22.9 | |||
| 10,000.00-14,999.00 | 703,952 | 586,225 | 101,136 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 13.1 | |||
| 15,000.00-19,999.00 | 635,682 | 511,258 | 111,677 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 14.5 | |||
| 20,000.00-24,999.00 | 428,146 | 348,484 | 63,755 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 8.3 | |||
| 25,000.00-29,999.00 | 409,438 | 380,487 | 28,951 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 3.7 | |||
| 30,000.00-34,999.00 | 510,926 | 437,052 | 69,946 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.1 | |||
| 35,000.00-39,999.00 | 385,268 | 329,483 | 55,785 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 7.2 | |||
| 40,000.00 or more | 1,606,151 | 1,445,747 | 150,157 | 26.6 | 28.0 | 19.4 | |||
| SOURCE: 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) matched to SSA administrative records. | |||||||||
| NOTE: Individuals receiving disability benefits in December 1998 are identified using SSA administrative data. The unweighted sample size is 1,039 cases for disabled workers and 142 cases for disabled adult children. The unweighted sample size is less than 30 cases for disabled widow(er)s and is deemed too small to support statistically reliable estimates. | |||||||||
| a. The total is different from the sums of disabled workers and disabled adult children because disabled widow(er)s are not being displayed due to sample size constraints. | |||||||||
| b. Can include pre-disability earnings, sick payments, and short-term disability payments. | |||||||||
| c. Misreporting in the SIPP likely produced the small number of disability recipients with nonreported family income in 1998. | |||||||||
| CONTACT: Paul Davies (202) 358-6225 for further information. | |||||||||
