Research Catalog

Title

New (social security) beneficiary followup, 1991 [electronic resource] : (United States)..

Publication

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995.

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• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035
• United States. Social Security Administration. Office of Research, Statistics, and International Policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83062246

Summary

The 1991 New [Social Security] Beneficiary Followup (NBF) is the second wave of the Social Security Administration's NEW [SOCIAL SECURITY] BENEFICIARY SURVEY, 1988: [UNITED STATES] (NBS) (ICPSR 8510). Together, the two surveys are referred to as the New Beneficiary Data System (NBDS). The NBDS contains information on the changing circumstances of aged and disabled Title II beneficiaries. This wave includes information from administrative records as well as data from followup interviews with survivors from the original survey. The NBS was conducted in late 1982 with a sample representing nearly 2 million persons who had begun receiving Social Security benefits during a 12-month period in 1980-1981. Personal interviews were completed with three types of beneficiaries: 9,103 retired workers, 5,172 disabled workers, and 2,417 wife or widow beneficiaries. In addition, interviews were obtained from 1,444 aged persons who were entitled to Medicare benefits but were not receiving Social Security payments because of high earnings. The NBS interviews covered a wide range of topics, including demographic characteristics of the respondent, spouse, and any other persons in the household, as well as marital and childbearing history, employment history, current income and assets, and health. Selected data were also gathered from spouses and added from administrative records. The NBF followup interviews were conducted throughout 1991 with surviving original sample persons from the NBS and surviving spouses of NBS decedents. The NBF updated information on economic circumstances obtained in the NBS, and added or expanded sections dealing with health, family contacts, and post-retirement employment. The interviews also probed major changes in living circumstances that might cause changes in economic status (for example, death of a spouse, episodes of hospitalization, and changes of residence). In addition, disabled workers were asked about their efforts to return to work, experiences with rehabilitation services, and knowledge of Social Security work incentive provisions. Since the 1982 survey, selected information on the NBS respondents has been compiled periodically from Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Medicare records. These administrative data, which can be linked to the survey data, make it possible to analyze changes in NBS respondents' covered earnings, cash benefits, participation in the SSI program, and health expenses.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 6457

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 6457.

Alternative Title

• NBS 1991
• New beneficiary followup, 1991

Subjects

• dataset
• Reproductive history
• Demographic characteristics
• Social security > United States > Statistics
• Marital status
• Social security beneficiaries > United States > Statistics
• dataset > 1991
• Income
• Living conditions
• Health status
• Older adults
• Social Security
• Medicare
• Employment

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1991.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on April 3, 2008).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 3 data files + machine-readable documentation (text) + data collection instrument.

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: November 1990-July 1992.
• Time period: 1991.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: United States.

Cite As (note)

• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration, Office of Research, Statistics. NEW [SOCIAL SECURITY] BENEFICIARY FOLLOWUP, 1991: [UNITED STATES] [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University, Institute for Social Research [producer], 1994. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library