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Farm People and Social Security. (OASI-25f) Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 28

pp.

Designed to assist farm people in understanding their rights and obligations under the social security law.

Handbook of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Statistics: Employment, Wages, and Insurance Status of Workers in Covered Employment, 1953-54. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1957. 208 pp.

OASI: Basic Program Charts. (OASI39) Baltimore: The Bureau, 1957. 19 charts. Processed. Charts showing who has protection, how much people get, methods of operation, and the future of the program.

OASI Coverage Statistics, First Quar

ter, 1956. Baltimore: The Bureau, 1959. 11 parts. The third in a series. Gives data on all reporting units, covered employment and quarterly taxable wages. Summary bulletin contains explanatory text and tables for the United States and other locations, by coverage groups, and industry. Bulletins for each Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance administrative region contain data for the region and States, by coverage groups, and summary total by county.

State and Local Government Employment Covered by Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance under Section 218 of the Social Security Act. Baltimore: The Bureau, 1960.

A quarterly statistical report.

Your Social Security: Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits Under the Social Security Law. (OASI-35) Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1960. 39 PP.

A detailed, nontechnical explanation of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program.

DIVISION OF PROGRAM ANALYSIS. Quarterly Summary of Earnings, Employment and Benefit Data. Baltimore: The Bureau, 1960.

A quarterly release.

DIVISION OF THE ACTUARY. Summary of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance System (And Major Changes Made by 1958 Amendments). Washington: The Division, 1958. 8 pp. Processed.

MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Report and Recommendations on the Administration of the OASI Disability Freeze Provision: Preservation of Individuals with Ex

tended Total Disability-Social Security Amendments of 1954. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 10 pp.

Benefits and Beneficiaries

"Aged Beneficiaries of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: Highlights on Health Insurance and Hospitalization Utilization, 1957 Survey." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 21, Dec. 1958, pp. 3-7 f.

Data on ownership of hospitalization insurance or hospital-surgical insurance and on use of general hospitals by the aged.

"Assets and Net Worth of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Beneficiaries: Highlights From Preliminary Data, 1957 Survey." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 22, Jan. 1959, pp. 3-6. GOFF, PHOEBE H. "Characteristics of Applicants for Childhood Disability Benefits, 1957." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 22, Aug. 1959, pp. 14–16.

Information on diagnosis, sex and age at time of application, and mobility

status.

GREVILLE, T. N. E., and LAZERSON, J. A. Estimated Amount of Life Insurance in Force as Survivor Benefits under OASI— 1957. (Actuarial Study No. 47.) Washington: Social Security Administration, Division of the Actuary, 1958. 18 pp. Estimates the amount of life insurance in force as of January 1, 1957, as survivor insurance benefits under the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program.

"Income of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Beneficiaries: Highlights From Preliminary Data, 1957 Survey." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 21, Aug. 1958, pp. 17-23.

Data on the amount and sources of income of both aged beneficiaries and widowed mothers with entitled children.

JONES, JOHN P., and HART, MARICE C. Analysis of Benefits, OASDI Program, 1958 Amendments. (Actuarial Study No. 50.) Washington: Social Security Administration, Division of the Actuary, 1960. 50 pp. Processed.

MCCAMMAN, DOROTHY, and Brewster, AGNES W. "Incapacity and Hospital Care of Aged Beneficiaries of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 18, July

1955, PP. 3-10.

Information from the national survey of the economic resources of aged beneficiaries showing time spent either in a hospital or confined to bed at home during the survey year.

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"Medical Care Costs of Aged OASI Beneficiaries: Highlights From Preliminary Data, 1957 Survey." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 22, Apr. 1959, PP 3-9.

Information on medical care costs over a 12-month period and on the various ways in which aged beneficiaries met these costs.

MYERS, ROBERT J. "Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: History of the Benefit Formula." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 18, May 1955, pp 13–17.

Describes several formulas and analyzes how they would apply to various illustrative wage histories.

"Survivor Benefits After Disaster: An Actuarial Analysis." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 17, Feb. 1954, pp. 4–6. "Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance: Benefit Payments to Persons Living Abroad." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 21, July 1958, pp. 3-7.

Describes the steps taken by the Social Security Administration to make sure that eligibility requirements are met.

"Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Beneficiaries: Survey of Their Continuing Eligibility." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 20, Mar. 1957, pp. 5–7 f.

Reports some of the findings of a survey conducted to find out the degree to which beneficiaries were reporting events that affect their continuing eligibility for benefits.

"Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: Employment of AgedWidow Beneficiaries Before Receipt of First Benefit." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 19, Aug. 1956, pp. 8-11.

Information on the age at which aged widows receiving survivor pensions were widowed and their employment between death of husband and receipt of widow's benefit.

ORSHANSKY, MOLLIE. "Income of Young Survivors, December 1958." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 22, Sept. 1959, pp. 10Is f.

Information on the sources of income in December 1958 of paternal orphans and of widows under age 65 with and without young children in their care. OSSMAN, SUE. "Characteristics of Aged Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Beneficiaries Who Receive Public Assistance." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 22, Oct. 1959, pp. 10–17.

Summary analysis of findings from the BOASI 1957 general survey of the socioeconomic situations of beneficiaries, on how the beneficiary who receives public assistance to supplement his benefits resembles other beneficiaries and other assistance recipients.

Stecker, MargaRET L. "Why Do Beneficiaries Retire? Who Among Them Return to Work?" Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 18, May 1955, pp. 3–12 ff.

Concludes that relatively few who are able to work choose retirement.

Data from the 1951 national survey of beneficiaries conducted by the
Bureau of Old-Age, and Survivors Insurance.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE. Hospitalization Insurance for Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Beneficiaries: Report Submitted to the Committee on Ways and Means by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. (House Committee Print.) Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1959. 117 pp.

A study, prepared at the Committee's request, “of alternative ways of providing insurance to finance hospital and nursing home care for oldage, survivors, and disability insurance beneficiaries."

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. The Minimum Benefit Under Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. A Report on a Study Called for by Public Law 761, 83d Congress. Washington: The Administration, 1955. 80 pp. Processed.

DIVISION OF THE ACTUARY. Present Values of O.A.S.I. Benefits in Current Payment Status, 1940–56. (Actuarial Study No. 45.) Washington: The Division, 1957. 17 pp. Processed.

An actuarial appraisal of the old-age and survivors insurance benefits in current payment status on December 31 of each year from 1940 through 1956.

WENTWORTH, EDNA C. "Economic Situation of Aged Insurance Beneficiaries: An Evaluation." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 17, Apr. 1954, pp. 13-22 f.

An evaluation of the economic situation of aged beneficiaries based on the national beneficiary survey made by the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance in 1951.

"Methods Used in Evaluating Adequacy of Old Age and Survivors' Insurance Benefits." Social Service Review, Vol. 30, Dec. 1956, pp. 436–445.

Extension of Coverage

Other references to extension of coverage may

be found in the section entitled "Public Employees'
Pensions and Social Security."

COHEN, WILBUR J. The Social Security Act Amendments of 1950: Legislative History of the Coverage Provisions of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Program. Washington: Social Security Administration, June 1951. 85 pp. Processed.

CONSULTANTS ON SOCIAL SECURITY. A Report to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on Extension of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance to Additional Groups of Current Workers. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1953. 32 pp. Recommends extension of coverage to State and local government employees under retirement systems, self-employed farm operators, selfemployed professional persons, additional farm and domestic workers, ministers and members of religious orders, and several minor groups. (Summarized in the Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 16, September 1953, pp. 3-6.)

Leibowitz, GEORGE J. "Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: Coverage Under the 1950 Amendments." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 13, Dec. 1950, pp. 3-10 f.

Marquis, James E. "Old-Age and Survivors Insurance: Coverage Under the 1954 Amendments." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 18, Jan. 1955, pp. 3–10.

"Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance: Development of Agricultural Coverage." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 21, June 1958, pp. 3–6.

Describes present coverage provisions for farmers and farm workers, some of the legislative history of these provisions, and the reasons behind them.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE. The Farmer and Old-Age Security: A Summary Analysis of Four Studies, 1951-54, by I. M. Baill. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 43 PP.

A summary analysis of studies made in Connecticut, Kentucky, Texas, and Wisconsin.

WOLKSTEIN, IRWIN. "Elective Coverage Under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance." Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 20, May 1957, pp. 3–7 ff.

Reviews the history of elective coverage under the

Financing

program.

Ball, Robert M. "What Contribution Rate for Old-Age and Survivors Insurance?" Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 12, July

1949, PP. 3-9.

Kimmel, Lewis H. "Is the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund Valid?" National Tax Journal, Vol. 7, Dec. 1954, pp. 327-341.

Concludes that the trust fund, from a legal standpoint, is as valid as any public or private trust fund and that it meets all the requirements of a valid trust fund.

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