U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.
Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2001
 
Income of Noninstitutionalized Disabled Beneficiaries: SIPP—Individual Income
Table 43.
Distribution, by selected personal characteristics, December 1999
Characteristic Number Percentage of all in category
Total Workers Adult
children		 Total Workers Adult
children
All noninstitutionalized disabled beneficiaries 6,145,121 5,444,977 625,172 n.a. n.a. n.a.
Sex
Men 3,632,828 3,273,514 359,313 59.1 60.1 57.5
Women 2,512,293 2,171,462 265,858 40.9 39.9 42.5
Race
White 4,830,983 4,310,471 459,014 78.6 79.2 73.4
Black 1,134,631 989,124 137,833 18.5 18.2 22.0
American Indian, Alaska Native 125,652 91,527 28,324 2.0 1.7 4.5
Asian, Pacific Islander 53,855 53,855 a 0.9 1.0 a
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic 5,709,753 5,102,349 542,930 92.9 93.7 86.8
Hispanic 435,368 342,628 82,241 7.1 6.3 13.2
Relationship to householder
Householder 3,836,233 3,641,047 127,887 62.4 66.9 20.5
Spouse 1,117,357 1,112,818 a 18.2 20.4 0.0
Child 847,078 454,837 392,242 13.8 8.4 62.7
Grandchild 6,573 a 6,573 0.1 a 1.1
Parent 46,279 46,279 a 0.8 0.8 a
Sibling 104,217 65,810 38,408 1.7 1.2 6.1
Other relative 74,095 46,327 27,768 1.2 0.9 4.4
Other nonrelative 113,288 77,860 32,294 1.8 1.4 5.2
Years of education
0-8 954,373 653,094 258,918 15.5 12.0 41.4
9-11 1,108,516 996,712 102,967 18.0 18.3 16.5
12 2,127,622 1,909,447 202,057 34.6 35.1 32.3
13-15 1,369,984 1,326,309 43,675 22.3 24.4 7.0
16 or more 584,626 559,416 17,555 9.5 10.3 2.8
Marital status
Married 2,796,830 2,786,121 6,169 45.5 51.2 1.0
Widowed 338,715 271,608 a 5.5 5.0 a
Divorced or separated 1,399,011 1,395,685 a 22.8 25.6 a
Never married 1,610,564 991,562 619,002 26.2 18.2 99.0
Health insurance b
Medicaid 2,535,368 1,966,576 510,386 41.3 36.1 81.6
Medicare 4,311,541 3,810,000 463,467 70.2 70.0 74.1
Private insurance 2,736,599 2,560,267 160,423 44.5 47.0 25.7
No insurance 365,516 334,481 19,008 5.9 6.1 3.0
Source of income b
Earnings 1,350,593 1,182,727 167,865 22.0 21.7 26.9
Supplemental Security Income 1,566,801 1,113,649 402,848 25.5 20.5 64.4
Other public assistance 1,896,317 1,496,732 353,820 30.9 27.5 56.6
Property income 2,625,292 2,499,745 113,059 42.7 45.9 18.1
Other sources 5,460,907 4,867,631 533,281 88.9 89.4 85.3
Total personal income in 1999 c (dollars)
Less than 2,500 438,534 46,374 392,161 7.1 7.2 7.4
2,500-4,999 597,379 52,011 527,609 9.7 9.7 8.3
5,000-7,499 1,257,854 304,645 925,196 20.5 17.0 48.7
7,500-9,999 1,044,851 94,870 941,281 17.0 17.3 15.2
10,000-12,499 708,566 56,125 640,176 11.5 11.8 9.0
12,500-14,999 460,239 12,371 447,867 7.5 8.2 2.0
15,000-17,499 284,165 20,503 263,661 4.6 4.8 3.3
17,500-19,999 279,944 8,193 271,751 4.6 5.0 1.3
20,000-22,499 197,855 6,916 182,703 3.2 3.4 1.1
22,500-24,999 204,904 19,753 185,151 3.3 3.4 3.2
25,000 or more 670,831 3,411 667,420 10.9 12.3 0.5
SOURCE: 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation matched to SSA administrative records.
NOTES: Individuals receiving disability benefits in December 1999 are identified using SSA administrative data. The unweighted sample size is 793 cases for disabled workers and 87 cases for disabled adult children. Disabled widow(er)s are not shown separately because the unweighted sample size is less than 30 cases, which is deemed too small to support statistically reliable estimates.
n.a. = not applicable.
a. Sample size is too small to support statistically reliable estimates.
b. Details do not add to totals because individuals can be counted in more than one category.
c. Annual data.
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