Social Security

Yearly Data for Asian & Pacific Islander Language Preferences among Initial Claims

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Aged

Last updated on August 31, 2016

Background

The goal of the Social Security Administration (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 annual volumes of SSI Aged initial claims at the national level for Asian & Pacific Islander language preferences.

Index:

• Agency Program Description
• Data Collection Description
• Notes
• Data Dictionary – Fiscal Years 2010 through 2015
• Data Dictionary – Fiscal Year 2016 and Onward
• Data Dictionary – Fiscal Year 2016, 52 weeks and 53 weeks

Agency Program Description

SSA administers the means-tested Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, a nationwide federal assistance program that guarantees a minimum level of income. We pay SSI benefits to help aged (age 65 or older), blind, and disabled people, who have limited income, limited resources, and are U. S. citizen or national, or in one of certain categories of aliens. An initial claim is the initial request or application submitted by the public.

Data Collection Description

SSA collects language preference data when members of the public contact us to apply for Social Security and Medicare 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. SCDD is populated by associating the agency’s SUMS workload data with demographics data, which is housed in the SUMS client tables and is sourced by the Integrated Client Data Base. Demographics data includes spoken language, written language, age range and gender.

Notes

• A federal fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30.  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. Fiscal Year 2016 is a 53-week year for our workload reports.
• 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.

Data Dictionary—Fiscal Years 2010 through 2015

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

Field B – G: Receipt Counts for each fiscal year from 2010 through 2015.

Data Dictionary—Fiscal Year 2016 and Onward

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

Field B Onwards: Receipt Counts for each fiscal year beginning with 2016.

Data Dictionary—Fiscal Year 2016, 52 weeks and 53 weeks

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

Field B: Receipt Counts for Fiscal Year 2016 based on a 52-week reporting period.

Field C: Receipt Counts for Fiscal Year 2016 based on a 53-week reporting period.