Social Insurance and Public Assistance

772 Series Bf432–441 Bf SOCIAL INSURANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
TABLE Bf432–441 Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance – benefits in current-payment status for female
retired-worker beneficiaries, by age: 1940–1998 Continued
Beneficiaries
Retired worker current-pay
beneficiaries – distribution by age
With reduction
in benefits for
Average age
early retirement
With full
of
Total benefits Number Percent beneficiaries 62–64 65–69 70–74 75–79 80 and older
Bf432 Bf433 Bf434 Bf435 Bf436 Bf437 Bf438 Bf439 Bf440 Bf441
Year Number Number Number Percent Years Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent
1965 4,275,506 2,192,220 2,083,286 48.7 71.8 12.2 31.6 28.1 17.6 10.5
1966 4,624,000 2,307,000 2,317,000 50.1 72.1 11.8 31.0 27.7 18.1 11.4
1967 4,859,000 2,338,000 2,521,000 51.9 72.2 11.4 30.7 27.1 18.7 12.1
1968 5,111,000 2,345,000 2,766,000 54.1 72.3 11.3 30.4 26.5 18.8 13.1
1969 5,363,000 2,321,000 3,042,000 56.7 72.4 11.4 30.3 25.8 18.8 13.8
1970 5,660,715 2,351,895 3,308,820 58.5 72.0 11.5 30.1 25.4 18.7 14.4
1971 5,975,130 2,371,290 3,603,840 60.3 72.1 11.7 30.2 24.7 18.4 15.1
1972 6,324,628 2,402,222 3,922,406 62.0 72.0 11.9 30.3 24.5 17.9 15.5
1973 6,754,201 2,526,938 4,227,263 62.6 72.0 11.9 30.7 24.2 17.3 15.8
1974 7,126,251 2,525,675 4,600,576 64.6 72.1 11.8 30.6 24.2 17.0 16.4
1975 7,424,353 2,527,259 4,897,094 66.0 72.2 11.8 30.4 24.2 16.9 16.7
1976 7,744,756 2,670,201 5,074,555 65.5 72.3 11.6 30.2 24.4 16.7 17.1
1977 8,108,669 2,672,843 5,435,826 67.0 72.3 11.7 30.0 24.3 16.7 17.3
1978 8,429,522 2,684,147 5,745,375 68.2 72.5 11.3 29.7 24.4 16.8 17.8
1979 8,777,697 2,772,090 6,005,607 68.4 72.5 11.2 29.5 24.3 17.0 17.9
1980 9,101,350 2,810,659 6,290,691 69.1 72.6 11.2 29.2 24.2 17.1 18.3
1981 9,428,000 2,838,899 6,589,482 69.9 72.7 11.1 28.9 24.0 17.4 18.6
1982 9,733,000 2,899,564 6,833,824 70.2 72.8 11.2 28.3 24.0 17.5 19.0
1983 10,060,000 2,989,500 7,070,890 70.3 72.9 11.1 28.0 23.9 17.6 19.4
1984 10,334,000 3,034,277 7,299,273 70.6 73.1 11.1 27.2 24.0 17.8 19.9
1985 10,614,974 3,065,482 7,549,492 71.1 73.3 11.0 26.9 23.9 17.9 20.2
1986 10,900,572 3,089,833 7,811,739 71.7 73.3 10.8 26.7 23.8 18.0 20.7
1987 11,144,650 3,102,818 8,041,832 72.2 73.4 10.7 26.4 23.6 18.1 21.2
1988 11,371,264 3,136,139 8,235,125 72.4 73.5 10.5 26.0 23.6 18.2 21.7
1989 11,608,179 3,185,150 8,423,029 72.6 73.6 10.2 26.1 23.1 18.4 22.2
1990 11,854,268 3,247,328 8,606,940 72.6 73.7 9.9 25.9 23.0 18.5 22.7
1991 12,065,943 3,306,543 8,759,400 72.6 73.9 9.5 25.4 23.2 18.6 23.2
1992 12,287,225 3,370,997 8,916,228 72.6 74.0 9.3 25.2 23.1 18.5 23.8
1993 12,458,919 3,423,336 9,035,583 72.5 74.1 9.0 24.9 23.0 18.6 24.4
1994 12,616,759 3,470,886 9,145,873 72.5 74.2 9.0 24.3 23.2 18.4 25.0
1995 12,759,275 3,381,828 9,377,447 73.5 74.3 8.8 24.0 23.2 18.5 25.4
1996 12,887,197 3,305,513 9,581,684 74.4 74.4 8.7 23.6 22.9 18.8 25.9
1997 13,157,754 3,301,783 9,855,971 74.9 74.5 8.6 23.2 23.0 19.0 26.3
1998 13,309,709 3,327,769 9,981,940 75.0 74.6 8.7 22.8 22.8 19.0 26.7
1 Data in 1988, 1990–1996 for series Bf436–441 are based on a 10 percent sample.
Sources
Social Security Bulletin, Annual Statistical Supplement (1981), Table 81, p. 149;
(1988), Table 5.B5, p. 184, Table 5B.8, p. 184; (1999) Table 5.B5, p. 206,
Table 5B.8, p. 209.
Documentation
For additional information about the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability
Insurance (OASDI) program, see the text for Table Bf377–394.
The OASDI tables do not include a number of persons receiving Railroad
Retirement benefits who would be eligible for Social Security benefits had
they applied.
This table provides information on the number of female retired workers
who receive benefits under the OASDI program. Women became eligible to
receive reduced benefits from the OASI program at age 62 in 1956.