Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security - Text description for the pie charts "Adult beneficiaries, by type of beneficiary and sex"

These two pie charts compare the distribution of beneficiaries by type for men and women.

Percentage distribution of adult beneficiaries, by type of beneficiary and sex, December 2002
Type of beneficiary	Men	Women
Total	100	100

Retired workers	81	57
Disabled workers	16	10
Spouses of retired and disabled workers	a	11
Disabled and nondisabled widow(er)s	a	19
Adult survivors	a	1
Disabled adult children	3	1
NOTE: Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
a. Less than 0.5 percent