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

Overview

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.

Additional facts from data.gov

Dataset Summary

  • 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
  • Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw Data Catalog
  • Frequency: one-time
  • Specialized Data Category Designation: Statistical

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License

This dataset was prepared by the government and is therefore in the public domain. There are no restrictions upon its use.