Summary: | In 1969, the Office of Research and Statistics of the Social
Security Administration designed a ten-year longitudinal study to investigate
the changes in the economic and social characteristics of men and unmarried
women in the United States, aged 58-63, as they approached and entered the
retirement phase of their lives. The main purpose of the study was to assess the
Social Security Program's provisions for retired workers, not only for recording
the socioeconomic situation of Social Security beneficiaries, but also to aid
policymakers in planning program changes. A series of six biennial surveys was
conducted by the United States Census Bureau beginning in 1969 and ending in
1979. The surveys cover the following areas: (1) labor force history, (2)
retirement and retirement plans, (3) health, (4) household, family, and social
activities, and (5) income, assets, and debts. |
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