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 |
| 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 Securitya |
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 |
|
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|
|
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 Securitya |
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 |
|
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| 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. |
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