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U.S. Department of Labor,The Social and Economic Conditions of Negroes in the U.S. (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967), p. 18.
U.S. Department of Labor,The Social and Economic Conditions of Negroes in the U.S. (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office), 1973, p. 19.
Public Health Service, National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, 1968, Vol. II, Part A, and unpublished data.
Benefits are not paid if the deceased spouse has no children; or no children under 18, or under 22, if in college; and no living spouse. If there were a living wife, she would receive the benefits accrued to the deceased. But the black female’s life expectancy was only 68.9 years in 1970; to be compared with the white female whose life expectancy was 75.4 years in 1970, a difference of 6.5 years.
Social Security Bulletin—Statistical Supplement, 1957-72.
Barring the addition of persons over 72 who were made eligible to receive special minimum benefits in 1966, we assume that a reduction in the number of beneficiaries in the 65–69 age group as shown in the 70–74 age class generally represent deaths in the 65–69 age group.
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Davis, F.G. Impact of social security taxes on the poor. Rev Black Polit Econ 10, 199–208 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02873449
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