Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2013
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 | 373,800 | 373,800 | 1,390.02 | 1,361.20 | 8.9 |
| Women | 348,411 | 348,411 | 1,087.56 | 1,069.61 | 18.8 |
| Worker with children | |||||
| By sex of worker | |||||
| Men | 73,389 | 196,052 | 1,354.43 | 1,945.43 | 87.9 |
| Women | 59,561 | 157,525 | 1,071.85 | 1,458.53 | 89.3 |
| By number of children | |||||
| 1 child | 73,701 | 147,410 | 1,245.15 | 1,728.44 | 85.9 |
| 2 children | 39,301 | 117,911 | 1,230.84 | 1,763.27 | 91.3 |
| 3 or more children | 19,948 | 88,256 | 1,157.93 | 1,652.22 | 92.7 |
| Worker with— | |||||
| Spouse aged 62 or older c | 4,869 | 9,750 | 1,737.71 | 2,132.11 | 12.3 |
| Spouse aged 62 or older and 1 or more children | 143 | 465 | 1,680.75 | 2,646.97 | 64.3 |
| Spouse and 1 child | 3,053 | 9,159 | 1,424.43 | 2,094.85 | 88.4 |
| Spouse and 2 children | 3,014 | 12,056 | 1,397.47 | 2,065.85 | 90.7 |
| Spouse and 3 or more children | 2,443 | 13,585 | 1,329.47 | 1,941.93 | 90.6 |
| 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. | |||||
| 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 | 722,211 | 39,067 | 20,643 | 24,374 | 41,843 | 72,168 | 151,118 | 219,035 | 153,963 |
| Worker with— | |||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||
| Aged 62 or older a | 4,869 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 197 | 1,006 | 3,631 |
| Child in care | 8,653 | 598 | 940 | 1,187 | 1,431 | 1,382 | 1,402 | 1,128 | 585 |
| Children | |||||||||
| 1 child | 73,701 | 5,111 | 5,085 | 7,413 | 11,990 | 13,888 | 15,530 | 10,344 | 4,340 |
| 2 children | 39,301 | 3,348 | 5,454 | 7,777 | 8,403 | 6,216 | 4,921 | 2,432 | 750 |
| 3 or more children | 19,948 | 2,085 | 4,304 | 5,100 | 3,844 | 2,198 | 1,520 | 693 | 204 |
| Families receiving maximum benefit b | 224,756 | 30,218 | 19,577 | 24,665 | 30,561 | 31,690 | 39,615 | 34,907 | 13,523 |
| Percent | |||||||||
| Worker only | 100.0 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 10.0 | 20.9 | 30.3 | 21.3 |
| Worker with— | |||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||
| Aged 62 or older a | 100.0 | 0.0 | (L) | (L) | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 20.7 | 74.6 |
| Child in care | 100.0 | 6.9 | 10.9 | 13.7 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 13.0 | 6.8 |
| Children | |||||||||
| 1 child | 100.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 10.1 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 14.0 | 5.9 |
| 2 children | 100.0 | 8.5 | 13.9 | 19.8 | 21.4 | 15.8 | 12.5 | 6.2 | 1.9 |
| 3 or more children | 100.0 | 10.5 | 21.6 | 25.6 | 19.3 | 11.0 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
| Families receiving maximum benefit b | 25.9 | 60.2 | 53.7 | 53.8 | 45.3 | 33.1 | 22.7 | 14.9 | 8.3 |
| 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. | |||||||||