1 Beginning with December 1950, data include cases having payments made directly to the suppliers of medical or remedial care in behalf of recipients. 2 Yearly data are as of December. Alaska and Hawaii are included throughout the period. 3 Includes a small number of recipients aged 60-64 to whom or in whose behalf payments are made without Federal participation. 4 Per 1,000 population aged 65 and over, based on data excluding recipients aged 60-64. Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Indicators, December 1960. Data from: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Social Security Administration; the Social Security Bulletin and its Annual Statistical Supplement. TABLE 6.-Number per 1,000 persons 65 and older receiving OASI and OAA, 1940-60, and projected for 1965 and 1970. Source: Bureau of Public Assistance, "Trend Report," graphic presentation of public assistance and related data, December 1959; and Social Security Administration, Division of Program Research, Research and Statistics Note, No. 24, 1959. TABLE 8.-Annual costs of the retired couple's budget,1 20 large cities and suburbs, autumn 1959 1 The family consists of a retired husband and wife, aged 65 or over. NOTE: For costs of major components of the various budget categories, see table 2, for items and quantities included in the various categories, see tables 4-6 of original source. Source: Monthly Labor Review, November 1960, p. 1142. 1956. 132.6 127.0 144.5 1957. 138.0 132.5 149.8 1958. 1959. 124.4 127.4 115.5 187.3 129.9 144.6 137.0 153.8 122.7 131.4 116.7 198.0 143.3 150.8 141.6 158.3 125.8 134.6 118.0 208.9 159.4 1960 (September). 156.9 145.9 162.3 129.6 138.1 121.1 225.8 174.9 103.0 118.2 111.2 173.3 122.7 113.7 120.9 116.7 120.7 100.5 122.6 122.9 Source: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Indicators, December 1960. |