National Beneficiary Survey: Disability Statistics, 2015
Benefits and Employment Interactions
| Notification | All beneficiaries | DI-only beneficiaries | Concurrent program beneficiaries | SSI-only beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (unweighted) | 445 | 179 | 105 | 161 |
| Number (weighted) | 1,064,064 | 632,393 | 171,869 | 259,803 |
| Percentage (weighted) | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 7.2 |
| Notified SSA when started current job | ||||
| Yes | 76.4 | 80.0 | 78.8 | 66.2 |
| No | 19.3 | 16.5 | 17.9 | 27.0 |
| Unknown | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 6.8 |
| How long after job start SSA was notified (among those who notified SSA) | ||||
| Less than 1 month | 60.0 | 59.7 | 72.0 | 51.5 |
| 1–3 months | 16.7 | 15.6 | 15.8 | (X) |
| 4 months or more | 2.7 | 3.6 | (X) | (X) |
| Unknown | 20.5 | 21.0 | (X) | 26.4 |
| NOTE: (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals. | ||||
| Benefit adjustment | All beneficiaries | DI-only beneficiaries | Concurrent program beneficiaries | SSI-only beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (unweighted) | 683 | 275 | 161 | 247 |
| Number (weighted) | 1,529,385 | 905,134 | 258,262 | 365,989 |
| Percentage (weighted) | 11.9 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 10.2 |
| Social Security disability benefit changes needed because of work | ||||
| Yes | 17.9 | 8.4 | 26.6 | 35.5 |
| No | 68.7 | 81.0 | 54.3 | 48.3 |
| Unknown | 13.4 | 10.7 | 19.1 | 16.2 |
| Social Security paid wrong benefit amount (among those indicating changes needed) | ||||
| Yes | 53.2 | 66.9 | 48.3 | 47.8 |
| No or unknown | 46.8 | 33.1 | 51.7 | 52.2 |
| Beneficiary was asked to repay benefits because of overpayment (among those employed at interview or in 2014) | ||||
| Yes, overpayment because of work | 13.3 | 7.0 | 20.0 | 24.2 |
| Yes, overpayment because of other reason | 7.5 | 3.4 | 11.4 | 15.0 |
| No | 66.8 | 79.8 | 49.9 | 46.6 |
| Unknown | 12.4 | 9.9 | 18.8 | 14.2 |
| Disability-related benefits reduced or ended because of work (among those employed at interview or in 2014) | ||||
| Yes | 14.0 | 6.9 | 17.4 | 29.3 |
| No | 60.6 | 68.2 | 54.2 | 46.4 |
| Unknown | 25.3 | 24.9 | 28.4 | 24.3 |
| Benefit affected (among those indicating reductions or terminations) a | ||||
| Social Security disability | 91.8 | 86.9 | 87.8 | 96.4 |
| Medicare | 4.6 | 13.7 | 0.0 | (X) |
| Medicaid b | 8.2 | 11.7 | 9.5 | 5.6 |
| Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | 7.7 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 10.3 |
| Other | 12.1 | 27.2 | 7.9 | 4.9 |
| NOTES: Recently employed refers to beneficiaries employed at interview or in 2014. | ||||
| (X) = suppressed to avoid disclosing information about particular individuals. | ||||
| a. Multiple responses possible. | ||||
| b. Medicaid reductions or terminations among DI-only beneficiaries could be due to loss of SSI because of work or confusion between Medicare and Medicaid among respondents. | ||||
| Program and support | All respondents eligible for support | DI-only beneficiaries | Concurrent program beneficiaries | SSI-only beneficiaries | All employed beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSI work incentive | |||||
| 1619(b) continued Medicaid coverage | 10.8 | . . . | 11.9 | 10.2 | 17.2 |
| Earned income exclusion | 12.4 | . . . | 13.0 | 12.0 | 14.9 |
| Plan to achieve self-support | 8.3 | . . . | 9.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| Property essential for self-support | 6.2 | . . . | 4.3 | 7.1 | 5.0 |
| Student earned income exclusion a | 8.7 | . . . | 7.9 | 8.9 | 13.0 |
| SSDI work incentive | |||||
| Trial work period | 34.6 | 37.1 | 25.1 | . . . | 51.0 |
| Extended period of medicare eligibility | 16.2 | 16.8 | 13.8 | . . . | 30.2 |
| SSI and SSDI work incentive | |||||
| Ticket to Work | 26.8 | 30.2 | 26.6 | 20.0 | 45.8 |
| Benefits specialist | 17.8 | 21.5 | 14.4 | 12.0 | 31.2 |
| Impairment-related or blind work expenses | 9.5 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 17.3 |
| Expedited reinstatement | 13.9 | 16.2 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 21.6 |
| NOTE: . . . = not applicable. | |||||
| a. Awareness rate was calculated as a percentage of SSI recipients aged 25 or younger who began receiving benefits before age 22. | |||||