UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1964 Annual Statistical Supplement a statistical summary of social security The SUPPLEMENT presents calendar-year and trend data Orders should be directed to the Superintendent of Docu- The Social Security Bulletin is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402. Price: $2.75 a year in the United States, Canada, and Mexico; $3.50 in all other countries; single copies, 25 cents. Price of the 1955 Supplement, 40 cents; 1956 Supplement, 45 cents; 1957 Supplement, 50 cents; 1959 Supplement, 55 cents; 1960 Supplement, 60 cents; 1962 Supplement, 60 cents; 1963 Supplement, 60 cents; 1964 Supplement, 50 cents. Use of funds for printing this publication has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (April 7, 1964). NOTE: Contents of this publication are not copyrighted; any items may be reprinted, but citation of the Social Security Bulletin as the Current Operating Statistics U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS Advisory Committee on Research Development E. CARY BROWN, JACOB FELDMAN JAMES MORGAN, EUGENE SMOLENSKY, FREDERICK F. STEPHAN PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON CHILDREN IN A SPECIAL MESSAGE on the welfare of children, sent to Congress on February 8, President Johnson pointed out that "the early years are the critical years" and that "to give every child the chance to fulfill his promise" should be the Nation's goal. Because "much remains to be done to move toward this goal," the President recommended a 12-point program that calls for improvements in the public assistance program for needy children and in child health and child welfare services, as well as increases in the monthly benefits for child beneficiaries under the social security program. For the more than 3 inillion children receiving social security benefits, the President said, "To provide more adequate payments to these children, I recommend legislation to enlarge their benefits— with an average increase of at least 15 percent." In recommending improvements in aid to famlies with dependent children, the President asked Congress to make permanent the provision permitting payments to families with unemployed parents and to require States to allow parents in needy families to earn $50 each monthly (within a maximum of $150 in family earnings). old-age (1,648,000), child's (1,056,000), widow's or widower's (404,000), mother's (107,000), and DI wife's or husband's (81,000). Monthly benefit awards to disabled workers (278, 000) were about 1,000 fewer than the record total awarded in 1961. This record number of awards resulted mainly from (1) the 750,000 special payments awarded to noninsured persons aged 72 and over under the Tax Adjustment Act of 1966, (2) the estimated one-half million awards to persons aged 65 and over who had not yet retired but filed applications to establish entitlement to OASDI benefits so that they might qualify for hospital insurance benefits, and (3) the 700,000 awards to persons who qualified for benefits solely because of the 1965 amendments. In addition, about 1,138,000 lump-sum death payments were awarded during the year, almost 92,000 more than the record number in the preceding year. At the end of December, 634,000 noninsured persons aged 72 and over were receiving special Aged widows and widowers.. Children of deceased workers.. Average benefit awarded: Retired workers... Disabled workers...... Aged widows and widowers.. Children of deceased workers... $84.35 $84.27 $83.92 98.09 98.07 97.76 1 Includes special benefits for persons aged 72 and over. |