U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2001
 
Disabled Workers in Current-Payment Status
Table 19.
Distribution of workers with a secondary benefit (dual entitlement), by type of secondary benefit and sex, December 2001
Type of secondary benefit Total Men Women
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
All disabled workers a 165,349 100.0 38,415 100.0 126,934 100.0
Spouses 17,734 10.7 121 0.3 17,613 13.9
Widow(er)s 21,648 13.1 501 1.3 21,147 16.7
Disabled widow(er)s 65,855 39.8 1,712 4.5 64,143 50.5
Surviving mothers and fathers 1,877 1.1 66 0.2 1,811 1.4
Disabled adult children 58,232 35.2 36,015 93.8 22,217 17.5
SOURCE: Disabled Beneficiaries and Dependents Master Beneficiary Record file.
a. Includes a few individuals who are receiving parents benefits.
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