U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Retirement and Disability Policy.
SSI Annual Statistical Report, 2008
 

Children Under Age 18

Table 28.
Recipients subject to deeming, by factors affecting parental deemed income, December 2008
Deeming factors All children living with parent(s) Children living with—
One parent Two parents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 1,010,994 100.0 768,820 76.0 242,174 24.0
No deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 828,043 100.0 657,608 100.0 170,435 100.0
No parental income 403,263 48.7 358,320 54.5 44,943 26.4
Parent(s) receive public income-maintenance payments 87,513 10.6 75,406 11.5 12,107 7.1
Income less than deeming allocations a 36,942 4.5 27,735 4.2 9,207 5.4
Income less than exclusions b 300,325 36.3 196,147 29.8 104,178 61.1
Deemed income used in child's payment computation
Subtotal 182,951 100.0 111,212 100.0 71,739 100.0
Parent(s) with—
Earned income only 137,487 75.1 81,870 73.6 55,617 77.5
Unearned income only 27,503 15.0 21,732 19.5 5,771 8.0
Both earned and unearned income 15,230 8.3 5,462 4.9 9,768 13.6
Manually computed deemed income 2,731 1.5 2,148 1.9 583 0.8
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record (Characteristic Extract Record format), 100 percent data.
a. Includes allocations for ineligible children and SSI-eligible aliens sponsored by parents.
b. Includes the general income exclusion ($20), the earned income exclusion ($65 plus one-half of the remaining earned income), and the parental living allowance.
CONTACT: Clark Pickett (410) 965-9016 or ssi.asr@ssa.gov.
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