Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2013

Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated

Awards to Disabled-Worker Families

Table 46. Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly family benefit, by family composition, 2013
Family composition Number of families Number of beneficiaries Average primary insurance amount (dollars) Average monthly family benefit a (dollars) Percentage of families receiving maximum family benefit b
Worker only  
Men 373,800 373,800 1,390.02 1,361.20 8.9
Women 348,411 348,411 1,087.56 1,069.61 18.8
Worker with children  
By sex of worker  
Men 73,389 196,052 1,354.43 1,945.43 87.9
Women 59,561 157,525 1,071.85 1,458.53 89.3
By number of children  
1 child 73,701 147,410 1,245.15 1,728.44 85.9
2 children 39,301 117,911 1,230.84 1,763.27 91.3
3 or more children 19,948 88,256 1,157.93 1,652.22 92.7
Worker with—  
Spouse aged 62 or older c 4,869 9,750 1,737.71 2,132.11 12.3
Spouse aged 62 or older and 1 or more children 143 465 1,680.75 2,646.97 64.3
Spouse and 1 child 3,053 9,159 1,424.43 2,094.85 88.4
Spouse and 2 children 3,014 12,056 1,397.47 2,065.85 90.7
Spouse and 3 or more children 2,443 13,585 1,329.47 1,941.93 90.6
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: A "family" means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account. The data may understate the number of families with dependents because records of awards to dependents made in a different calendar year are not available for inclusion.
Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases; they include beneficiaries whose benefits are being withheld.
a. Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before averages are computed.
b. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount.
c. If the spouse is also entitled to a retired-worker benefit, only the benefit amount received as a spouse is included.
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Table 47. Distribution, by family composition and age of worker, 2013
Family composition Total, all ages Under 30 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–FRA
  Number
Worker only 722,211 39,067 20,643 24,374 41,843 72,168 151,118 219,035 153,963
Worker with—  
Spouse  
Aged 62 or older a 4,869 0 2 2 6 25 197 1,006 3,631
Child in care 8,653 598 940 1,187 1,431 1,382 1,402 1,128 585
Children  
1 child 73,701 5,111 5,085 7,413 11,990 13,888 15,530 10,344 4,340
2 children 39,301 3,348 5,454 7,777 8,403 6,216 4,921 2,432 750
3 or more children 19,948 2,085 4,304 5,100 3,844 2,198 1,520 693 204
Families receiving maximum benefit b 224,756 30,218 19,577 24,665 30,561 31,690 39,615 34,907 13,523
  Percent
Worker only 100.0 5.4 2.9 3.4 5.8 10.0 20.9 30.3 21.3
Worker with—  
Spouse  
Aged 62 or older a 100.0 0.0 (L) (L) 0.1 0.5 4.0 20.7 74.6
Child in care 100.0 6.9 10.9 13.7 16.5 16.0 16.2 13.0 6.8
Children  
1 child 100.0 6.9 6.9 10.1 16.3 18.8 21.1 14.0 5.9
2 children 100.0 8.5 13.9 19.8 21.4 15.8 12.5 6.2 1.9
3 or more children 100.0 10.5 21.6 25.6 19.3 11.0 7.6 3.5 1.0
Families receiving maximum benefit b 25.9 60.2 53.7 53.8 45.3 33.1 22.7 14.9 8.3
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: A "family" means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account. The data may understate the number of families with dependents because records of awards to dependents made in a different calendar year are not available for inclusion.
Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases; they include beneficiaries whose benefits are being withheld.
Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award.
FRA = full retirement age; (L) = less than 0.05 percent.
a. Includes spouses aged 62 or older with children.
b. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount.
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