Radner D B
Soc Secur Bull. 1995 Winter;58(4):82-97.
This article examines the money incomes of the elderly and the nonelderly. The economic status of the elderly is put in perspective by discussing changes in real incomes since 1967 and the income of the elderly relative to the incomes of other age groups. Detailed age groups within both the elderly and nonelderly groups are examined. The article finds that the economic status of the elderly in 1992 was substantially better than in 1967, but was about the same as that in 1984. The real median income of the elderly rose during the period from 1967 to 1989, but declined from 1989 to 1992. The ratio of the income of the elderly to that of the nonelderly was higher in 1992 than in 1967, but the 1992 ratio was lower than that in 1984. Large increases in mean Social Security benefits were important in the increase in the total income of the elderly since 1967.
本文研究了老年人和非老年人的货币收入情况。通过讨论自1967年以来实际收入的变化以及老年人收入与其他年龄组收入的相对关系，对老年人的经济状况进行了全面审视。同时，还对老年人和非老年人群体中的详细年龄组进行了考察。文章发现，1992年老年人的经济状况比1967年有了显著改善，但与1984年大致相同。1967年至1989年期间，老年人的实际中位数收入有所上升，但1989年至1992年有所下降。1992年老年人与非老年人的收入比高于1967年，但低于1984年。自1967年以来，社会保障福利平均大幅增加对老年人总收入的增长起到了重要作用。
