U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2006
 
Disabled-Worker Families in Current-Payment Status
Table 30.
Distribution, by family composition and age of worker, December 2006
Family composition Total,
all ages
Under 30 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–FRA
Number
Worker only 5,625,382 168,693 139,532 207,113 380,017 673,749 1,005,115 1,396,360 1,654,803
Worker with—
Spouse
Aged 62 or older a 81,093 0 6 21 73 409 1,721 8,711 70,152
Child in care 116,775 2,503 6,666 14,642 22,157 24,265 20,155 15,328 11,059
Children
1 child 689,907 24,296 36,417 71,551 126,966 154,012 127,170 89,997 59,498
2 children 300,051 12,674 30,043 59,841 74,238 60,306 34,034 18,632 10,283
3 or more children 125,986 6,114 19,875 33,220 30,314 19,036 9,256 5,158 3,013
Families receiving maximum benefit b 2,025,636 143,877 148,139 239,953 335,363 357,025 299,913 260,161 241,205
Percent
Worker only 100.0 3.0 2.5 3.7 6.8 12.0 17.9 24.8 29.4
Worker with—
Spouse
Aged 62 or older a 100.0 0 c c 0.1 0.5 2.1 10.7 86.5
Child in care 100.0 2.1 5.7 12.5 19.0 20.8 17.3 13.1 9.5
Children
1 child 100.0 3.5 5.3 10.4 18.4 22.3 18.4 13.0 8.6
2 children 100.0 4.2 10.0 19.9 24.7 20.1 11.3 6.2 3.4
3 or more children 100.0 4.9 15.8 26.4 24.1 15.1 7.3 4.1 2.4
Families receiving maximum benefit b 29.2 67.1 63.7 62.1 52.9 38.3 25.0 17.0 13.3
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disabled Beneficiaries and Dependents Master Beneficiary Record file, 100 percent data.
NOTES: A "family" means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account.
Data include beneficiaries whose benefits are being withheld.
FRA = full retirement age.
a. Includes spouses aged 62 or older with children.
b. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount.
c. Less than 0.05 percent.
CONTACT: Kevin Kulzer (410) 965-5366 or di.asr@ssa.gov.
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