Income of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Beneficiaries: Highlights From Preliminary Data, 1957 Survey

T HE national survey of a sample of beneficiaries conducted by the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance in the fall of 1957 provides data on the amount and sources of income of aged beneficiaries and widowed mothers with entitled children. The following highlights are from preliminary tabulations of data from this survey. retired workers with a wife entitled all year (referred to as “beneficiary couples”), for single retired workers (men and women combined), and for aged widows. These figures, which summarize the data in table 1, give a general picture of the total money income situation of beneficiaries in the 1957 survey year. Three-fourths of the couples had less than $3,250 during the year; half had less than $2,190. For single retired workers the corresponding dollar amounts were about half as much; for aged widows, less than half as much. Money Income Other Than OASI BeneJits