...every 10 couples had less than $2,000. Benefits under old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) were practically the sole source of cash income...nonbeneficiaries as for those on the OASDI rolls. Although the great majority of the aged are at least partially retired, earnings still account for...

...beneficiaries who had been entitled to s for a year or more. mty Director, Division of Research and Statistics. Public assistance was important as a supplementary...13 percent of the nonmarried men — many of whom earn as much as or more than they had when they were younger. At the other extreme are persons totally...

...sole source of cash income for almost one-fifth of the couples and more more than one-third of tbe nonmarried beneficiaries who had been entitled to...assistance payments was almost three times as large for nonbeneflciaries as for those on the OASDI rolls. Nonbeneflciaries past age 65 are a particularly diverse...