Distribution Patterns in Old-Age Assistance Payments Approved in 1938–39
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* Prepared in the D iv i s i on of Publ i c Assistance Research, Bureau of Research and Statistics. T H E DEGREE OF SECURITY provided by old-age assistance and its availability to individuals in need of i t are matters of major concern both to recipients and to administrators of old-age assistance. Neither the degree of security nor the equity with which i t is provided can be appraised except in relation to the varying requirements and resources of individual recipients. Comprehensive data on the circumstances of recipients are not
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Federal Grants to State and Local Governments, 1953–54
3). This amount was equal to a little more than 89 percent of the total increase in monthly old-age and survivors insurance benefits paid to these cases. The average reduction in the old-age assistance payment was $4.44; the average increase in the old-age and survivors insurance benefit was $4.98. For aid to dependent children, the total reduction of $197,000 in monthly assistance payments equ...
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