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Social Security Administration (SSA) Quarterly Data for
Asian & Pacific Islander Language Preferences
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Initial Claims

Social Security temporarily removed the data to reconcile it against our source files.

Background

The goal of the SSA is to improve core services provided to the public and provide alternative methods for conducting business with the agency. In support of this goal, SSA is committed to providing equal access to services for Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals. The above datasets provide quarterly volumes of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) initial claims at the national level for Asian & Pacific Islander language preferences.

Dataset Index

Agency Program Description

SSA administers two different programs which pay disability benefits to those who are both disabled and meet other program eligibility requirements: Social Security Disability Insurance benefits (SSDI), and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

The process for determining whether a claimant is disabled is complex. Depending upon a particular claim, SSA might evaluate, among other factors, medical evidence establishing a disabling condition, medical and vocational evidence determining the remaining capacity for work, the availability of possibly suitable employment, and severity and length of disability.

For SSA purposes, a claimant is either found disabled or not disabled as SSA awards disability benefits only for long term disability and not for partial or temporary disability. For a description of SSA's disability programs, go to: Benefits for People with Disabilities.

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Data Collection Description

SSA collects language preference data when members of the public contact us to apply for Social Security benefits and services. We use our electronic systems to capture this information. The Social Security Unified Measurement System (SUMS) provides work measurement data for all workloads processed throughout SSA. SUMS Counts Demographics Data (SCDD) is the data source for SSA's LEP reports. We populate SCDD by associating the agency's SUMS workload data with demographics data, which we house in the SUMS client tables and source by the Integrated Client Data Base. Demographics data includes spoken language, written language, age range, and gender.

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Notes

  • A Federal Fiscal Year (FY) is the 12-month period from October 1st through September 30th. Most years our fiscal year workload reports contain 52 weeks since we include only full weeks, rather than cut off in the middle of a week. Every few years the reporting period is 53 weeks when we apply the end of week cutoff. 2016 is a 53 week year for our workload reports.
  • Reporting quarters are administratively set reporting periods and do not necessarily correspond exactly to calendar months.
  • Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 were 52 week years for our workload reports. For 2016, we present the data in two ways because 2016 is a 53 week year. The 53rd week of data is included in quarter 4; no other quarterly counts are affected.
  • We provide both sets of data for 2016 since the 52 week data may be more appropriate for comparing 2016 to prior years that were 52 week reporting periods. This would be particularly relevant for looking at receipts and clearances, for example. The 53 week data may be more relevant for viewing the end of year status of workloads, especially pending cases and it represents the efforts achieved with the entire year's resources.

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Data Dictionary - Fiscal Years 2016 Onward

Field A: Asian & Pacific Islander Language used for oral communication.

Field B Onward: Receipt counts for each Quarter for beginning with Fiscal Year 2016.

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Data Dictionary - Fiscal Year 2016 (including the 53rd week)

Field A: Asian & Pacific Islander Language used for oral communication.

Field B - E: Receipt counts for each Quarter of Fiscal Year 2016. Field E, Quarter 4, is based on a 52 week reporting period.

Field F: Receipt counts for Quarter 4 of Fiscal Year 2016 based on a 53 week reporting period.

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Data Dictionary - Fiscal Years 2014 - 2015

Field A: Asian & Pacific Islander Language used for oral communication.

Field B - I: Receipt counts for each Quarter for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015.

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To learn more about our language services, visit the SSA Multilanguage Gateway where you can read our Language Access Plan and obtain other publications.