Benefit adequacy among elderly social security retired-worker beneficiaries and the SSI federal benefit rate

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 29-51

  Rupp, Kalman ^a   Strand, Alexander ^a   Davies, Paul ^a   Sears, Jim ^a  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 44649099078     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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