Table 1. Percentage of units aged 65 or older with income from specified source, by Social Security beneficiary status, marital status, and sex of nonmarried persons
Source of income					All units	Married couples	Nonmarried persons
Source of income					All units	Married couples	Total	Men	Women
					Beneficiary
Earnings					21	34	12	16	11
	Wages and salaries				18	29	10	12	10
	Self-employment				5	9	2	4	1

Retirement benefits					100	100	100	100	100
	Social Security ^a				100	100	100	100	100
	Benefits other than Social Security				43	53	36	39	34
		Other public pensions			14	18	11	10	12
			Railroad Retirement		1	1	0	0	0
			Government employee pensions		14	18	11	10	11
				Military	2	3	2	2	1
				Federal	4	5	4	3	4
				State or local	8	11	7	5	7
		Private pensions or annuities			31	39	25	29	24

Income from assets					61	71	55	52	56
	Interest				59	68	52	50	53
	Other income from assets				29	39	23	22	23
		Dividends			24	33	18	18	18
		Rent or royalities			9	13	7	7	7
		Estates or trusts			0	0	0	0	1

Veterans' benefits					5	6	4	7	2

Unemployment compensation					1	1	0	0	0

Workers' compensation					1	1	0	0	0

Public assistance					3	2	5	4	5
	Supplemental Security Income				3	2	4	3	5
	Other public assistance				0	0	0	0	0

Personal contributions					1	0	1	0	1
					Nonbeneficiary
Earnings					35	57	22	34	17
	Wages and salaries				31	51	19	29	14
	Self-employment				8	14	4	6	3

Retirement benefits					26	29	25	24	26
	Social Security ^a				n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	Benefits other than Social Security				26	29	25	34	26
		Other public pensions			18	19	18	16	19
			Railroad Retirement		5	6	4	2	6
			Government employee pensions		14	13	14	15	13
				Military	1	1	1	1	1
				Federal	9	9	10	12	9
				State or local	5	6	4	3	5
		Private pensions or annuities			13	13	8	9	8

Income from assets					42	57	34	38	32
	Interest				41	55	32	37	31
	Other income from assets				19	28	14	15	14
		Dividends			16	25	12	11	12
		Rent or royalities			6	7	6	8	5
		Estates or trusts			0	0	0	0	0

Veterans' benefits					3	3	4	8	2

Unemployment compensation					1	3	0	0	0

Workers' compensation					0	0	1	0	1

Public assistance					17	10	21	10	25
	Supplemental Security Income				16	10	20	10	24
	Other public assistance				1	0	1	0	1

Personal contributions					1	1	1	0	1


NOTE: n.a. = not applicable.
a.	Social Security includes retired-worker benefits, dependents' or survivors' benefits, disability benefits, transitionally insured benefits, or special age-70 benefits.