Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2012
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 | 410,037 | 410,037 | 1,371.71 | 1,342.60 | 10.6 |
| Women | 377,592 | 377,592 | 1,069.82 | 1,051.31 | 16.1 |
| Worker with children | |||||
| By sex of worker | |||||
| Men | 86,864 | 232,899 | 1,332.65 | 1,909.67 | 60.8 |
| Women | 69,879 | 185,117 | 1,052.44 | 1,429.57 | 59.8 |
| By number of children | |||||
| 1 child | 86,220 | 172,445 | 1,226.18 | 1,698.19 | 59.0 |
| 2 children | 46,523 | 139,575 | 1,208.62 | 1,728.46 | 61.9 |
| 3 or more children | 24,000 | 105,996 | 1,139.71 | 1,622.83 | 61.8 |
| Worker with— | |||||
| Spouse aged 62 or older c | 5,287 | 10,585 | 1,714.09 | 2,102.93 | 16.3 |
| Spouse aged 62 or older and 1 or more children | 169 | 573 | 1,605.57 | 2,597.97 | 51.5 |
| Spouse and 1 child | 3,588 | 10,764 | 1,407.80 | 2,076.26 | 62.4 |
| Spouse and 2 children | 3,565 | 14,261 | 1,358.56 | 1,994.43 | 62.6 |
| Spouse and 3 or more children | 2,934 | 16,441 | 1,301.96 | 1,907.43 | 63.5 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 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: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@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 | 787,629 | 44,301 | 22,679 | 28,036 | 48,363 | 85,667 | 167,908 | 230,548 | 160,127 |
| Worker with— | |||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||
| Aged 62 or older a | 5,287 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 230 | 1,133 | 3,869 |
| Child in care | 10,256 | 752 | 1,140 | 1,477 | 1,732 | 1,690 | 1,686 | 1,159 | 620 |
| Children | |||||||||
| 1 child | 86,220 | 6,346 | 5,942 | 9,042 | 14,326 | 16,576 | 17,759 | 11,653 | 4,576 |
| 2 children | 46,523 | 4,284 | 6,536 | 9,421 | 9,802 | 7,442 | 5,527 | 2,722 | 789 |
| 3 or more children | 24,000 | 2,590 | 5,219 | 6,258 | 4,555 | 2,624 | 1,682 | 855 | 217 |
| Families receiving maximum benefit b | 206,136 | 22,701 | 15,730 | 20,749 | 25,977 | 28,915 | 37,597 | 36,422 | 18,045 |
| Percent | |||||||||
| Worker only | 100.0 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 10.9 | 21.3 | 29.3 | 20.3 |
| Worker with— | |||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||
| Aged 62 or older a | 100.0 | (L) | (L) | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 21.4 | 73.2 |
| Child in care | 100.0 | 7.3 | 11.1 | 14.4 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 11.3 | 6.0 |
| Children | |||||||||
| 1 child | 100.0 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 10.5 | 16.6 | 19.2 | 20.6 | 13.5 | 5.3 |
| 2 children | 100.0 | 9.2 | 14.0 | 20.3 | 21.1 | 16.0 | 11.9 | 5.9 | 1.7 |
| 3 or more children | 100.0 | 10.8 | 21.7 | 26.1 | 19.0 | 10.9 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 0.9 |
| Families receiving maximum benefit b | 21.5 | 39.0 | 37.9 | 38.3 | 33.0 | 25.4 | 19.3 | 14.7 | 10.6 |
| SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 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; (L) = less than 0.05 percent. | |||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||
| CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov. | |||||||||