Short-range projections for the Social Security program

Short-Range Actuarial Projections of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program, 2001 Actuarial Study No. 115 Chris Motsiopoulos and Tim Zayatz, A.S.A.

III. BENEFIT PAYMENTS

C. AVERAGE BENEFIT AT AWARD

Table III.C3—DI Average Monthly Benefit Awarded to Minor, Disabled, and Student Children of Disabled Workers
(Calendar years 1975-2010)
Year	Average benefit awarded to disabled worker ¹	Minor children		Disabled children		Student children		Average benefit for total children of disabled workers ¹
Year	Average benefit awarded to disabled worker ¹	Ratio to average benefit for disabled worker	Average benefit ¹	Ratio to average benefit for disabled worker	Average benefit ¹	Ratio to average benefit for disabled worker	Average benefit ¹	Average benefit for total children of disabled workers ¹
1975	$241.21	0.2443	$58.92	0.3420	$82.50	0.3451	$83.24	$65.10
1976	267.45	.2480	66.33	.3246	86.82	.3315	88.66	72.90
1977	292.28	.2558	74.75	.3282	95.93	.3324	97.15	81.57
1978	324.33	.2577	83.57	.3179	103.11	.3274	106.17	91.31
1979	362.95	.2661	96.60	.3216	116.72	.3349	121.55	106.01
1980	398.85	.2534	101.06	.3238	129.16	.3521	140.44	116.43
1981	429.12	.2221	95.29	.3188	136.81	.3599	154.45	119.58
1982	443.74	.2224	98.69	.3322	147.41	.3707	164.48	125.86
1983	446.46	.2367	105.67	.3388	151.26	.3850	171.89	127.12
1984	458.44	.2362	108.28	.3472	159.18	.3964	181.73	128.39
1985	473.65	.2354	111.51	.3439	162.90	.3985	188.76	130.00
1986	478.30	.2364	113.08	.3464	165.66	.4037	193.11	130.93
1987	508.04	.2298	116.73	.3219	163.52	.3964	201.41	136.09
1988	538.08	.2194	118.04	.3017	162.34	.3962	213.17	141.31
1989	565.49	.2217	125.38	.3196	180.75	.3993	225.79	148.65
1990	597.61	.2203	131.67	.3188	190.51	.3874	231.50	153.78
1991	614.80	.2198	135.16	.3231	198.66	.3839	236.04	155.80
1992	619.96	.2182	135.25	.3197	198.19	.3830	237.42	154.50
1993	638.37	.2165	138.24	.3169	202.30	.3797	242.40	158.46
1994	666.19	.2167	144.33	.3175	211.54	.3728	248.34	164.74
1995	693.79	.2221	154.08	.3155	218.92	.3736	259.23	175.55
1996	714.40	.2297	164.09	.3242	231.64	.3786	270.49	186.23
1997	734.09	.2350	172.53	.3279	240.74	.3803	279.19	196.49
1998	747.42	.2396	179.10	.3353	250.58	.3825	285.92	204.60
1999	782.90	.2367	185.35	.3223	252.31	.3773	295.37	211.68
2000	835.44	.2373	198.25	.3061	255.71	.3742	312.60	225.50
2001	884.45	.2359	208.65	.3040	268.87	.3720	329.03	237.06
2002	930.23	.2340	217.67	.3018	280.78	.3689	343.13	247.26
2003	979.48	.2338	229.02	.3016	295.43	.3686	361.02	260.13
2004	1,031.27	.2340	241.29	.3018	311.19	.3688	380.36	274.07
2005	1,084.28	.2342	253.94	.3021	327.57	.3692	400.31	288.43
2006	1,136.74	.2345	266.56	.3025	343.84	.3697	420.23	302.77
2007	1,189.93	.2345	279.03	.3024	359.87	.3697	439.90	316.94
2008	1,244.15	.2345	291.79	.3025	376.35	.3697	460.02	331.43
2009	1,300.67	.2345	305.01	.3025	393.44	.3697	480.87	346.46
2010	1,359.59	.2345	318.89	.3026	411.37	.3698	502.74	362.21

¹ For each year, benefit amounts awarded before the annual benefit increase are converted to post-increase rates before computation of the average monthly benefit.

Sources:

� Ratios computed by dividing average benefit for minor, disabled, or student children by average benefit for disabled worker.

� Historical average monthly benefit amounts awarded from 1-A Table Awards Supplement; future amounts based on results of simulated sample of future awards.

Note: Future estimates based on 2001 Trustees Report intermediate set of assumptions.

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