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Benefits Data from the Benefits and Earnings Public Use File, 2004

Dataset Summary

Agency	Social Security Administration
Sub-Agency
Category	Social Insurance and Human Services
Date Released	October, 2005
Date Updated	October, 2005
Time Period	2004 Benefit Subfile - persons entitled to receive a benefit payment for December 2004, 2004 Earnings Subfile - annual Social Security taxable earnings frrom 1951 through 2003 and aggregate earnings from 1937 through 1950
Frequency	one-time
Description	This file contains Benefits data and is part of a set of two separate but associated subfiles, one with Social Security benefit information and the other with longitudinal earnings information. Sample beneficiary records drawn from the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program can be linked to their corresponding earnings histories.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Statistical
Keywords	OASDI, Social Security, old-age, survivors, disability, social insurance, Social Security covered earnings, Social Security benefits, benefits, beneficiary, entitlement, earnings histories
Unique ID	56

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/index.html
Agency Program Page	Benefits and Earnings Public-Use File, 2004
Agency Data Series Page	Research, Statistics, & Policy Analysis

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	person
Granularity	NA
Geographic Coverage	Social Security beneficiaries worldwide

Data Description

Collection Mode	person/paper/phone/computer
Data Collection Instrument	NA - Data are from SSA's administrative systems.
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/earn_dictionary.pdf

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/earn_dictionary.pdf
Additional Metadata	NA

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology	1 percent random, representative sample of administrative records of Social Security beneficiaries
Sampling	http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/earn_dictionary.pdf
Estimation	NA
Weighting	http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/earn_dictionary.pdf
Disclosure avoidance	http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/index.html#confidentiality
Questionnaire design	NA
Series breaks	NA
Non-response adjustment	NA
Seasonal adjustment	NA
Statistical Characteristics	NA

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