Married Women's Projected Retirement Benefits: An Update
by Howard M. Iams
Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 76 No. 2, 2016
Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 76 No. 2, 2016
Birth cohort | Wife eligible for retired-worker benefits | Both husband and wife eligible for retired-worker benefits |
---|---|---|
War babies (1937–1945) | 79 | 75 |
Leading boomers (1946–1955) | 87 | 84 |
Trailing boomers (1956–1965) | 92 | 89 |
GenXers (1966–1975) | 92 | 88 |
SOURCE: Urban Institute calculations using MINT7 data. | ||
NOTE: Sample includes married women in the year they claim Social Security benefits, but excludes those projected to ever receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. |
Birth cohort | Retired worker only | Dually entitled | Auxiliary benefit only |
---|---|---|---|
War babies (1937–1945) | 62 | 21 | 16 |
Leading boomers (1946–1955) | 73 | 17 | 9 |
Trailing boomers (1956–1965) | 82 | 12 | 6 |
GenXers (1966–1975) | 81 | 13 | 7 |
SOURCE: Urban Institute calculations using MINT7 data. | |||
NOTES: Sample includes married women in the year they claim Social Security benefits, but excludes those projected to ever receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. | |||
Rounded components of percentage distributions do not necessarily sum to 100. |
Birth cohort | Husband alive | Husband deceased |
---|---|---|
War babies (1937–1945) | 1,103 | 1,676 |
Leading boomers (1946–1955) | 1,250 | 1,810 |
Trailing boomers (1956–1965) | 1,517 | 2,060 |
GenXers (1966–1975) | 1,683 | 2,250 |
SOURCE: Urban Institute calculations using MINT7 data. | ||
NOTE: Sample includes married women in the year they claim Social Security benefits, but excludes those projected to ever receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. |