Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2009
Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated
Awards to Disabled-Worker Families
| Family composition | Number of families |
Number of beneficiaries |
Average primary insurance amount (dollars) |
Average monthly family benefit a (dollars) |
Percentage of families receiving maximum family benefit b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worker only | |||||
| Men | 411,761 | 411,761 | 1,308.80 | 1,277.80 | 11.0 |
| Women | 372,996 | 372,996 | 1,002.70 | 983.70 | 22.5 |
| Worker with children | |||||
| By sex of worker | |||||
| Men | 90,222 | 243,080 | 1,295.90 | 1,853.10 | 83.4 |
| Women | 74,781 | 199,963 | 997.70 | 1,350.20 | 87.2 |
| By number of children | |||||
| 1 child | 88,551 | 177,102 | 1,180.80 | 1,631.40 | 82.0 |
| 2 children | 50,555 | 151,665 | 1,162.50 | 1,657.20 | 88.4 |
| 3 or more children | 25,897 | 114,276 | 1,088.90 | 1,541.40 | 89.4 |
| Worker with— | |||||
| Spouse aged 62 or older c | 7,614 | 15,264 | 1,713.40 | 2,041.10 | 8.1 |
| Spouse aged 62 or older and 1 or more children | 210 | 679 | 1,614.10 | 2,570.90 | 62.4 |
| Spouse and 1 child | 4,385 | 13,157 | 1,367.40 | 2,011.80 | 86.8 |
| Spouse and 2 children | 4,623 | 18,492 | 1,319.90 | 1,931.40 | 87.3 |
| Spouse and 3 or more children | 3,865 | 21,597 | 1,252.00 | 1,815.10 | 87.0 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. | |||||
| NOTES: A family means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account. The data may understate the number of families with dependents because records of awards to dependents made in a different calendar year are not available for inclusion. | |||||
| Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases; they include beneficiaries whose benefits are being withheld. | |||||
| a. Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before averages are computed. | |||||
| b. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount. | |||||
| c. If the spouse is also entitled to a retired-worker benefit, only the benefit amount received as a spouse is included. | |||||
| CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164 or di.asr@ssa.gov. | |||||
| Family composition | Total, all ages |
Under 30 | 30–34 | 35–39 | 40–44 | 45–49 | 50–54 | 55–59 | 60–FRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | |||||||||
| Worker only | 784,757 | 61,508 | 24,290 | 34,133 | 58,403 | 98,192 | 165,607 | 205,314 | 137,310 |
| Worker with— | |||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||
| Aged 62 or older a | 7,824 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 258 | 1,249 | 6,250 |
| Child in care | 12,873 | 1,103 | 1,416 | 2,146 | 2,363 | 2,116 | 1,904 | 1,253 | 572 |
| Children | |||||||||
| 1 child | 88,551 | 7,902 | 5,985 | 10,096 | 15,813 | 17,825 | 16,767 | 10,001 | 4,162 |
| 2 children | 50,555 | 5,453 | 6,932 | 10,583 | 11,026 | 8,188 | 5,210 | 2,386 | 777 |
| 3 or more children | 25,897 | 3,415 | 5,487 | 6,816 | 4,966 | 2,859 | 1,459 | 670 | 225 |
| Families receiving maximum benefit b | 281,623 | 49,333 | 24,325 | 34,443 | 41,421 | 41,899 | 42,826 | 33,162 | 14,214 |
| Percent | |||||||||
| Worker only | 100.0 | 7.8 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 12.5 | 21.1 | 26.2 | 17.5 |
| Worker with— | |||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||
| Aged 62 or older a | 100.0 | c | c | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 16.0 | 79.9 |
| Child in care | 100.0 | 8.6 | 11.0 | 16.7 | 18.4 | 16.4 | 14.8 | 9.7 | 4.4 |
| Children | |||||||||
| 1 child | 100.0 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 11.4 | 17.9 | 20.1 | 18.9 | 11.3 | 4.7 |
| 2 children | 100.0 | 10.8 | 13.7 | 20.9 | 21.8 | 16.2 | 10.3 | 4.7 | 1.5 |
| 3 or more children | 100.0 | 13.2 | 21.2 | 26.3 | 19.2 | 11.0 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 0.9 |
| Families receiving maximum benefit b | 29.0 | 62.1 | 55.1 | 54.0 | 44.7 | 32.4 | 22.4 | 15.0 | 9.5 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Annual Award and Termination Transaction file, 100 percent data. | |||||||||
| NOTES: A family means beneficiaries entitled on one worker's account. The data may understate the number of families with dependents because records of awards to dependents made in a different calendar year are not available for inclusion. | |||||||||
| Data exclude expedited reinstatement cases; they include beneficiaries whose benefits are being withheld. | |||||||||
| Starting with 2007, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award. | |||||||||
| FRA = full retirement age. | |||||||||
| a. Includes spouses aged 62 or older with children. | |||||||||
| b. Includes families and worker-only beneficiaries for whom the primary insurance amount is equal to the family maximum amount. | |||||||||
| c. Less than 0.05 percent. | |||||||||
| CONTACT: Hazel P. Jenkins (410) 965-0164 or di.asr@ssa.gov. | |||||||||