Oberheu H D
Soc Secur Bull. 1991 Jul;54(7):2-8.
Since the inception of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program in 1974, counts of the numbers of cases processed and individuals who were awarded SSI payments have been available. This study breaks new ground, however, by using administrative data to describe in greater detail the characteristics of persons who applied for SSI over a 1-year period. The information on allowance rates is unique because, for the first time, the data have been gathered from the same set of applications. This article tracks the application process to determine whether or not benefits were subsequently received by these SSI applicants in the ensuing 18 months. Of the 1.2 million persons who applied for SSI during the study period, a large proportion were disabled. Among persons whose application was based on age, a greater proportion applied when they attained age 65 than at any other age and they were the most likely to qualify for payments under the program. The data also show how many of the 1.2 million applicants had previously been SSI recipients. In addition to providing demographic and SSI data, the allowance rates are useful in predicting trends in the composition of the caseload.
自1974年补充保障收入（SSI）计划启动以来，已统计了处理的案件数量以及获得SSI付款的个人数量。然而，本研究通过使用行政数据更详细地描述了在一年时间内申请SSI的人员特征，从而开辟了新领域。关于津贴率的信息是独一无二的，因为这些数据首次从同一组申请中收集而来。本文追踪申请流程，以确定这些SSI申请人在随后的18个月内是否获得了福利。在研究期间申请SSI的120万人中，很大一部分是残疾人。在基于年龄申请的人群中，65岁时申请的比例高于其他任何年龄，并且他们最有可能符合该计划的付款条件。数据还显示了这120万申请人中有多少人之前是SSI领取者。除了提供人口统计和SSI数据外，津贴率有助于预测案件量构成的趋势。
