Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2015

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, 2015
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 326,945 326,945 1,439.48 1,409.45 8.8
Women 306,971 306,971 1,132.89 1,114.30 17.9
Worker with children  
By sex of worker  
Men 54,138 144,440 1,415.88 2,043.06 88.5
Women 43,202 113,152 1,119.23 1,533.40 89.5
By number of children  
1 child 54,596 109,197 1,296.22 1,807.52 86.2
2 children 28,589 85,774 1,292.84 1,864.21 92.0
3 or more children 14,155 62,621 1,220.52 1,757.27 93.6
Worker with—  
Spouse aged 62 or older c 4,292 8,588 1,783.62 2,201.05 13.7
Spouse aged 62 or older and 1 or more children 107 349 1,671.13 2,723.99 75.7
Spouse and 1 child 2,066 6,198 1,498.02 2,213.64 88.2
Spouse and 2 children 1,977 7,908 1,474.25 2,183.33 91.0
Spouse and 3 or more children 1,606 8,957 1,408.90 2,072.29 90.9
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, 2015
Family composition Total, all ages Under 30 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–FRA
  Number
Worker only 633,916 33,461 17,651 20,513 33,179 54,711 127,518 200,878 146,005
Worker with—  
Spouse  
Aged 62 or older a 4,292 0 0 3 5 21 147 879 3,237
Child in care 5,756 362 554 727 904 921 1,009 803 476
Children  
1 child 54,596 3,505 3,607 5,144 8,487 9,569 11,974 8,599 3,711
2 children 28,589 2,234 3,778 5,393 6,024 4,586 3,824 2,092 658
3 or more children 14,155 1,335 2,788 3,665 2,701 1,634 1,197 649 186
Families receiving maximum benefit b 176,297 25,115 14,194 17,887 21,974 22,610 32,090 30,407 12,020
  Percent
Worker only 100.0 5.3 2.8 3.2 5.2 8.6 20.1 31.7 23.0
Worker with—  
Spouse  
Aged 62 or older a 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 3.4 20.5 75.4
Child in care 100.0 6.3 9.6 12.6 15.7 16.0 17.5 14.0 8.3
Children  
1 child 100.0 6.4 6.6 9.4 15.5 17.5 21.9 15.8 6.8
2 children 100.0 7.8 13.2 18.9 21.1 16.0 13.4 7.3 2.3
3 or more children 100.0 9.4 19.7 25.9 19.1 11.5 8.5 4.6 1.3
Families receiving maximum benefit b 23.8 61.4 50.0 50.5 42.8 31.6 22.0 14.2 7.8
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.
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.
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