Report detailing the number of Social Security beneficiaries and the kinds of benefits they receive, including information about disability benefits that were awarded, denied and terminated.
The Disability Statistics Compendium is the first of what is intended to be an annual publication of statistics on people with disabilities and government programs that serve the population with disabilities. The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics compiled the data, which include statistics from federal sources and surveys on disability prevalence, population size, including break-downs by state and disability type, employment and earnings, education, health and health care coverage, rehabilitation, and participation in benefit programs. The entire Compendium can be downloaded in PDF format.
The 2009 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds presents the current and projected financial status of the trust funds.
The Annual Report of the Supplemental Security Income Program, issued in May 2008, describes the financial status of the SSI program.
Provide information about children with disabilities who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments and their families, including demographic characteristics, income and assets, perceived health and disabilities and health care utilization.
Report examines the impact, outcomes and implications of the progression of disability benefits among American workers.
Provides analytical support by reporting on the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)'s detailed scientific study of the state-by-state and VA regional office variation in disability compensation claims, ratings and monetary benefits. This volume presents the study methods, analysis, findings and recommendations.
Comprehensive data on Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) including beneficiary counts, amounts of benefits and the status of the trust funds.
This article summarizes several different methods used to measure the adequacy of wage replacement in state workers' compensation systems in the United States. Empirical research casts serious doubt on benefit adequacy, especially in the case of more serious disabilities.
Analyzes recently entitled workers with disabilities receiving benefits under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program.
Provides access to datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Data is offered in two forms: a "raw" data catalog for instant downloading and a tools catalog, which provides hyperlinks to tools that allow you to mine datasets.
Analysis of the distributional effects of increasing the computation period used in the calculation of Social Security benefits.
Summarizes findings of an evaluation of the first year of implementation of the Social Security Administration's Ticket to Work Program.
Review of the Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency program (TTW) which was designed to enhance the market for services that help disability beneficiaries become economically self-
sufficient. This study looked at looked three key components: beneficiary demand for services; the supply of providers willing to serve those beneficiaries; and and the Social Security Administration's (SSA) efforts to facilitate market operations. This link opens a PDF document.
Provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about programs administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Offers a link to the publication in both HTML and PDF format.
Results of a GAO report that examines federal disability assistance. Link opens a PDF document.
Provides information about military veterans and social security and includes several tables showing statistics based on characteristics such as age, gender, race and education.
Provides socio-economic data, the demographic characteristics of veterans, the geographical distribution of the veteran population and other statistical data and information by veteran program.
Offers research and statistical articles based on age, health, immigration, marital status,, morality, race and ethnicity and sex.
2008 Annual Trustees report on the financial status of the OASI and Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Funds.
SSA's strategic plan charts the course that will concentrate on four goals: 1) eliminate hearings backlog and prevent its recurrence; 2) improve the speed and quality of the disability process; 3) improve retiree and other core services; and 4) preserve the public's trust in SSA's programs.
Publication that focuses on the Social Security beneficiary population at the ZIP Code level. Presents basic program data, for each state, on the number and type of beneficiaries and the amount of benefits paid in each state, Social Security Administration field office and ZIP Code.
Annual statistical report that provides program and demographic information about the people who receive those benefits.
Fact sheet from AARP provides basic information about Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries and the role Social Security plays in the income security of disabled workers and their families.
Offers an extensive collection of history-related materials, including both the institutional history of the Social Security Administration and the history of the Social Security program.
Fact sheets with Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Income (OASDI), Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and earnings and employment data arranged by state and region. There is one fact sheet for each state, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
Files are available for this document in both HTML and PDF formats.
Provides answers to frequently asked questions about Social Security Trust Funds including what they are and how they are invested.
Charts with Ticket to Work Program statistics for Employment Networks (ENs) and Ticket Assignments.
SSI program guarantees a minimum level of income for people who are needy, blind or have a disability. The annual statistical report presents data on the SSI program and the people who receive benefits from it.
Article examines the link between retiree health benefits and retirement behavior, recent trends in retiree health benefits and implications for future Disability Insurance programs claims. This link opens a PDF document.
Includes the findings, issues, conclusions and recommendations of the Panel regarding implementation of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act by the Social Security Administration and other federal agencies whose programs have an effect on the employment of people with disabilities.
The Medicaid Buy-In program makes it easier for people with disabilities to work without losing health benefits. The program allows states to expand Medicaid coverage to workers with disabilities whose income and assets would ordinarily make them ineligible for Medicaid. This issue brief looks at the prevalence and characteristics of Medicaid Buy-In participants who leave the program, as well as their participation in other public programs and their employment outcomes after they are no longer enrolled. This link opens a PDF document.
Report documents traditional sources of support for disabled workers have eroded even as the risk of disability has risen. This link opens a PDF document.
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