Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2017

Benefits Awarded, Withheld, and Terminated

Awards to Disabled-Worker Families

Table 46. Number, average primary insurance amount, and average monthly family benefit, by family composition, 2017
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 315,119 315,119 1,499.32 1,467.88 9.9
Women 297,882 297,882 1,187.94 1,168.35 18.1
Worker with children  
By sex of worker  
Men 51,916 137,815 1,491.12 2,154.54 89.7
Women 42,187 110,099 1,181.54 1,626.91 90.8
By number of children  
1 child 53,175 106,350 1,364.46 1,905.85 88.3
2 children 27,655 82,966 1,360.70 1,969.06 92.1
3 or more children 13,273 58,598 1,286.30 1,860.28 93.9
Worker with—  
Spouse aged 62 or older c 4,019 8,045 1,866.46 2,299.64 14.7
Spouse aged 62 or older and 1 or more children 141 462 1,849.30 3,004.75 78.7
Spouse and 1 child 1,637 4,911 1,603.05 2,358.64 87.6
Spouse and 2 children 1,573 6,292 1,574.06 2,346.51 90.9
Spouse and 3 or more children 1,248 6,944 1,508.25 2,239.47 92.9
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
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 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.
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Table 47. Distribution, by family composition and age of worker, 2017
Family composition Total, all ages Under 30 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–FRA
  Number
Worker only 613,001 38,917 17,579 21,289 30,639 50,804 118,036 191,827 143,910
Worker with—  
Spouse  
Aged 62 or older a 4,019 (X) 0 (X) (X) (X) 138 842 3,011
Child in care 4,599 (X) 453 (X) (X) (X) 830 654 448
Children  
1 child 53,175 3,501 3,369 5,025 7,965 9,124 11,721 8,694 3,776
2 children 27,655 2,112 3,414 5,316 5,584 4,517 3,838 2,190 684
3 or more children 13,273 1,176 2,548 3,447 2,570 1,624 1,078 647 183
Families receiving maximum benefit b 174,579 28,690 13,490 17,730 20,649 21,577 30,635 30,049 11,759
  Percent
Worker only 100.0 6.3 2.9 3.5 5.0 8.3 19.3 31.3 23.5
Worker with—  
Spouse  
Aged 62 or older a 100.0 (X) 0.0 (X) (X) (X) 3.4 21.0 74.9
Child in care 100.0 (X) 9.8 (X) (X) (X) 18.0 14.2 9.7
Children  
1 child 100.0 6.6 6.3 9.4 15.0 17.2 22.0 16.3 7.1
2 children 100.0 7.6 12.3 19.2 20.2 16.3 13.9 7.9 2.5
3 or more children 100.0 8.9 19.2 26.0 19.4 12.2 8.1 4.9 1.4
Families receiving maximum benefit b 24.4 62.5 49.3 49.7 43.5 32.3 22.6 14.7 7.7
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Because of differences in data sources and calculation methods, statistics reported in this table may differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.
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 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; (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals.
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.