Hawkins S C
Soc Secur Bull. 1983 Jun;46(6):3-8.
In December 1979, the number of persons receiving State supplementary payments under the Supplemental Security Income Program for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled totaled 1,942,000. By December 1981, the number totaled 1,875,000--a decline of 67,000 or 3 percent. This decrease paralleled the reduction in the number of persons receiving Federal Supplemental Security Income payments, which dropped from 3,687,000 to 3,590,000 or 3 percent during the 3-year period. Changes also occurred in the distribution of persons by eligibility category. The number of persons eligible because of age declined 9 percent, from 823,000 to 745,000; persons eligible because of blindness increased 1 percent, from 41,000 to 42,000; and persons eligible because of disability increased 1 percent, from 1,076,000 to 1,086,000. In contrast to the trend in the State supplementation caseload, expenditures for State supplementary payments continued to increase as they have since the beginning of the Supplemental Security Income program.
1979年12月，根据面向老年人、盲人及残疾人的补充保障收入计划领取国家补充付款的人数总计为194.2万。到1981年12月，这一数字总计为187.5万，减少了6.7万，即3%。这一下降与领取联邦补充保障收入付款的人数减少情况相平行，在这3年期间，领取联邦补充保障收入付款的人数从368.7万降至359万，降幅为3%。符合资格类别的人员分布情况也发生了变化。因年龄符合资格的人数减少了9%，从82.3万降至74.5万；因失明符合资格的人数增加了1%，从4.1万增至4.2万；因残疾符合资格的人数增加了1%，从107.6万增至108.6万。与国家补充保障案件数量的趋势形成对比的是，国家补充付款的支出继续增加，自补充保障收入计划开始以来一直如此。
