Social security related legislation in 1978.

About 58,000 Indochina refugees worked in OASDHI-covered employment in the period 1975-76 and acquired at least 1 quarter of coverage (table 3). This figure represents about 43 percent of those to whom a social security number was issued and processed through the end of 1976. Fifty-three percent of the men workers issued numbers had acquired at Ieast 1 quarter of coverage, compared with 32 percent of the women. To be currently insured, a worker needs at least 6 quarters of coverage in the past 13-quarter period. At the end of 1976, 24 percent of the 57,802 refugees with quarters of coverage met this requirement. Among the men, 28 percent had 6 or more quarters of coverage; 17 percent of the women were currently insured.