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760 Series Bf349–363 Bf SOCIAL INSURANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE<br />
TABLE Bf349–363 <strong>Social</strong> insurance <strong>and</strong> veterans’ programs – cash benefits: 1940–1997<br />
Contributed by Price V. Fishback <strong>and</strong> Melissa A. Thomasson<br />
Unemployment Temporary disability<br />
Retirement, disability, <strong>and</strong> survivor benefits benefits benefits<br />
Lump-sum<br />
Paid on monthly basis payments<br />
<strong>Public</strong> employee<br />
retirement<br />
Supplemental<br />
Veterans’ Workers’ <strong>Public</strong> Security<br />
Railroad Federal civil pensions <strong>and</strong> Under state Under state compensation assistance Income<br />
Total OASDI retirement service Other compensation OASDI Other laws Railroad laws Railroad benefits payments payments<br />
Bf349 Bf350 Bf351 Bf352 Bf353 Bf354 Bf355 Bf356 Bf357 Bf358 Bf359 Bf360 Bf361 Bf362 Bf363<br />
Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million<br />
Year dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars<br />
1940 2,171 24 116 62 183 424 12 25 519 16 — — 161 631 —<br />
1950 8,395 928 298 184 600 2,224 33 54 1,408 60 89 28 415 2,074 —<br />
1960 25,564 11,081 942 805 1,793 3,437 164 135 2,867 158 311 57 860 2,954 —<br />
1970 59,323 31,570 1,756 2,797 6,369 5,480 294 289 4,184 39 645 56 1,981 4,864 —<br />
1980 227,884 120,272 4,867 15,043 25,559 11,358 250 606 18,757 176 1,300 63 9,632 12,144 7,858<br />
1985 328,304 186,083 6,265 22,841 40,028 14,084 143 680 14,639 134 1,808 47 15,170 15,276 11,107<br />
1990 434,753 244,757 7,259 29,396 58,349 15,717 131 212 18,059 61 3,099 58 23,029 19,272 15,175<br />
1991 478,224 264,216 7,571 31,777 63,317 16,246 132 284 25,450 67 3,731 56 25,694 21,227 18,503<br />
1992 507,013 281,393 7,748 30,691 69,209 16,316 88 188 24,967 60 3,858 52 27,754 22,329 22,324<br />
1993 — 296,156 7,904 32,948 76,096 16,865 81 110 21,547 51 3,101 49 27,618 21,038 24,730<br />
1994 — 311,496 8,002 35,715 81,447 18,747 94 113 21,646 45 3,201 56 27,426 23,270 26,078<br />
1995 — 326,671 8,085 37,689 88,015 17,975 119 116 22,010 40 3,189 55 26,750 22,712 27,871<br />
1996 — 341,011 8,129 39,170 — — 127 123 21,751 42 — 51 — — 29,388<br />
1997 — 355,550 8,224 41,223 — — 128 108 19,771 43 — 61 — — 31,427<br />
Source<br />
U.S. <strong>Social</strong> Security Administration, <strong>Social</strong> Security Bulletin 62 (4) (1999), Table 4.A1, p. 81. The <strong>Social</strong><br />
Security Administration bases the information on reports of administrative agencies on a checks-issued<br />
basis (including retroactive payments) where available.<br />
Documentation<br />
This table <strong>and</strong> Table Bf364–376 provide overviews of various public income-maintenance programs.<br />
They are companions to Tables Bf290–348. The U.S. <strong>Social</strong> Security Administration stopped publishing<br />
the more disaggregated data for Tables Bf290–348 in the Annual Statistical Supplement after the 1990<br />
issue. This table provides a more aggregated <strong>and</strong> updated version of the same data. These are the series<br />
that, as of 1999, are being updated in the quarterly <strong>Social</strong> Security Bulletin. In published sources, the<br />
U.S. <strong>Social</strong> Security Administration does not report revisions for years prior to 1990 except for years<br />
divisible by 5 <strong>and</strong> 10. The public income-maintenance payments include payments outside the United<br />
States <strong>and</strong> benefits to spouses <strong>and</strong> children where applicable.<br />
Series Bf349. Emergency relief funds of $1630.3 million are included in the 1940 total <strong>and</strong> not included<br />
elsewhere. Includes training allowances to unemployed workers under Area Redevelopment<br />
Act <strong>and</strong> manpower Development <strong>and</strong> Training Act for 1961–1975, not shown separately. Beginning<br />
December 1980, the series also includes public assistance revisions for 1940–1979.<br />
Series Bf350. Retirement <strong>and</strong> survivor benefits beginning in 1940; disability benefits beginning<br />
in 1957. Beginning October 1966, includes special benefits authorized by 1966 legislation for<br />
persons aged 72 or older not insured under the regular or transitional provisions of the <strong>Social</strong> Security<br />
Act.<br />
Series Bf351. Includes annuities to widows under joint-<strong>and</strong>-survivor elections before 1947. Beginning<br />
February 1967, includes supplemental annuities for career railroad employees.<br />
Series Bf352–353. Excludes refunds of contributions to employees who leave service.<br />
Series Bf352. Beginning January 1988, includes both Civil Service Retirement System <strong>and</strong> Federal<br />
Employee Retirement System benefits. Beginning 1994, includes annual data only.<br />
Series Bf353. Represents federal contributory systems other than civil service, federal noncontributory<br />
systems for civilian employees <strong>and</strong> career military personnel, <strong>and</strong> systems for state <strong>and</strong> local employees.<br />
Series Bf354. Payments to veterans <strong>and</strong> survivors of deceased veterans, including special allowances<br />
for survivors of veterans who did not qualify under Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, <strong>and</strong> Health <strong>Insurance</strong><br />
(OASDHI; Servicemen’s <strong>and</strong> Veteran’s Survivor Benefit Act of 1956) <strong>and</strong> through June 1973,<br />
subsistence payments to disabled veterans undergoing training.<br />
Series Bf355–356. The lump-sum payments are death payments.<br />
Series Bf356. Includes annual <strong>and</strong> monthly payments for Railroad Retirement, veteran’s programs,<br />
<strong>and</strong> federal civil service retirement. For “other” public employee systems, includes annual data only.<br />
Lump-sum data are not available for state <strong>and</strong> local retirement systems after 1986. Beginning 1993,<br />
annual data include civil service <strong>and</strong> Railroad Retirement only.