Survey of low income aged and disabled, 1973-1974

The Social Security Administration conducted the survey to determine whether or not the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which replaced stateadministered welfare programs of old age assistance, aid to the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled, improved the economic well-being of the adult poor. A national sample of about 18,000 low-income aged, blind, and disabled adults was interviewed in 1973, and reinterviewed in 1974, after SSI was implemented. The United States Census Bureau conducted the interviews and collected the data. The survey focused on characteristics of family background, housing and neighborhood, household composition, household expenditures, employment, health, diet, social activities, income, and assets. The data are weighted.