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Show Table 63.-NuMBER OF WOMEN RECEIVING OASDI BENEFITS AND AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFITS Total Beneficiaries Total Number __________________________________________ Retirees 62 years and over Wi¥es of retirees, with dependent children 1 ______________________________ Wives 62 years children 2 and over of _______________ retirees, without dependent ___________________________________________ Widows, without children 3 Mothers (divorced or widowed) _____________________________ Parents4 _________________________ _____________________________________________ Disabled: Own disability ____________________________________ Wives of disabled workers, with dependent children Wives of disabled workers, without dependent children; ____ 9,203,136 RECEIVED, BY COLOR, AT END OF 1963 White Average monthly benefits -------- 3,765,959 170,047 $63.42 2,397,589 2,008,102 461,675 34,001 40.66 197,976 141,112 26,675 78.87 29.94 66.85 59.43 69.69 31. 66 35.80 Number 8,574,117 Nonwhite Average monthly benefits -------- 3,492,479 $64.44 143,245 31. 62 2,292,470 1,909,811 389,347 30,645 41.11 171,514 120,323 24,283 67.44 62.17 70.56 80.99 33.03 36.16 Number 629,019 Average monthly benefits --------- 273,480 26,802 $50.39 105,119 98,291 72,328 3,356 30.82 26,462 20,789 2,392 20.94 55.31 44.68 61. 74 65.13 23.72 32. 16 3 :::s VI1 Dependent children are children under 18 years or disabled children of any age whose disability began before their 18th birthday. A wife with dependent children may be under 62 years and receive her full benefit, which is 50 percent of the reti ree's amount. 2 If a wife without dependent children is under 65 years at the time of her husband's retirement, she receives reduced benefits; if she is 65 at the time of her husband's retire ment, she receives full benefits, which are 50 percent of the retiree's amount. 3 A widow receives 82 percent of the deceased worker's benefit amount. 4 The dependent parent of a deceased insured worker may receive benefits at age 62 or over. amount; if both parents survive, each gets 75 percent of the benefit amount. Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social Security Administration. If there- is only one surviving parent, be or she gets 82 percent of the benefit :;n o 3 Q :::s 0.. m Q '3 ;. (,Q VI |
