Upp M
Soc Secur Bull. 1983 Jan;46(1):3-10.
This article looks at the extent to which aged couples and nonmarried persons rely on earnings, retirement pensions, assets, and public assistance. The study notes the importance of these various sources to aged units with different levels of both total money income and retirement income, then examines changes in the relative importance of the different sources over time. The data indicate that 23 percent of all aged units had some income from earnings in 1980 and that 90 percent had income from Social Security. Asset income also was widely received. Twenty-two percent of the aged units had private pension income, and 12 percent had government-employee pensions. Public assistance was received by 10 percent of the aged units.
本文探讨了老年夫妇和未婚人士在多大程度上依赖收入、退休金、资产和公共援助。该研究指出了这些不同来源对总货币收入和退休收入水平不同的老年家庭的重要性，然后考察了不同来源的相对重要性随时间的变化。数据表明，1980年所有老年家庭中有23%有一定的劳动收入，90%有社会保障收入。资产收入也广泛存在。22%的老年家庭有私人养老金收入，12%有政府雇员养老金。10%的老年家庭获得公共援助。
