The Retirement Prospects of Divorced Women

by Barbara A. Butrica and Karen E. Smith
Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 72 No. 1, 2012

Table equivalent for Chart 2. Projected average monthly Social Security benefit for divorced women at age 70 before and after their ex-husbands die, and percentage of divorced women whose benefits are higher as survivors, by birth cohort
Birth cohort	Monthly Social Security benefit (in 2011 dollars)		Percentage of divorced women with higher benefits as a survivor
Birth cohort	Ex-husband alive	Ex-husband deceased
War babies (1936–1945)	1,080	1,320	54
Leading boomers (1946–1955)	1,150	1,480	60
Trailing boomers (1956–1965)	1,290	1,680	65
GenXers (1966–1975)	1,530	1,920	61
SOURCE: Authors' calculations using MINT6.