The Supplemental Security Income program (SSI) administered by the Social Security Administration provides cash assistance to low-income individuals who are seniors, blind, or have a disability

Fichthorn, Katherine

Gilmore, Dana Scott

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University of Massachusetts BostonScholarWorks at UMass BostonData Note Series, Institute for CommunityInclusion Institute for Community Inclusion7-1-2006Data Note: Relationship Between SSI RecipientsWho Work and State Unemployment RateKatherine FichthornUniversity of Massachusetts BostonDana Scott GilmoreUniversity of Massachusetts BostonFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.umb.edu/ici_datanotePart of the Disability Law Commons, Labor and Employment Law Commons, and the PublicPolicy CommonsThis Occasional Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Institute for Community Inclusion at ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Data Note Series, Institute for Community Inclusion by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at UMass Boston.For more information, please contact library.uasc@umb.edu.Recommended CitationFichthorn, Katherine and Gilmore, Dana Scott, "Data Note: Relationship Between SSI Recipients Who Work and StateUnemployment Rate" (2006). Data Note Series, Institute for Community Inclusion. Paper 42.http://scholarworks.umb.edu/ici_datanote/42StateData.info2000 2002 2003 2004 2004No. 5, 2006A project of the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass BostonData NoteRelationship between SSI recipients who work and state unemployment rateThe Supplemental Security Income program (SSI) administered by the Social Security Administration provides cash assistance to low-income individuals who are seniors, blind, or have a disability.Many people who receive SSI benefits are unemployed. However, in 2004 the percentage of SSI recipients who were working varied considerably by state. To understand this variation, researchers correlated the percentage of employed SSI recipients with 2004 state unemployment rates. The following table and maps show the percentage of SSI recipients who were working in 2004 and state unemployment rates (UR), rounded to the nearest percentage point. A significant inverse correlation was determined, r = -.48, p < .001, indicating that the higher percentages of SSI recipients who were working in 2004 correlate to lower state unemployment rates. This finding suggests that a state’s economic situation impacts all workers, including those who receive SSI benefits.Data set: SSAData sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov) and Social Security Administration (www.ssa.gov).This is a publication of StateData.info, funded in part by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (#90DN0204). This Data Note was written by Katherine Fichthorn and Dana Scott Gilmore.State% SSI workingUR (%) State% SSI workingUR (%) State% SSI workingUR (%)AK 7 8 KY 3 5 NY 6 6AL 3 6 LA 4 6 OH 7 6AR 5 6 MA 8 5 OK 5 5AZ 4 5 MD 7 4 OR 7 7CA 5 6 ME 7 5 PA 5 6CO 8 6 MI 7 7 RI 6 5CT 8 5 MN 15 5 SC 5 7DC 3 8 MO 7 6 SD 19 4DE 7 4 MS 3 6 TN 4 5FL 4 5 MT 13 4 TX 4 6GA 4 5 NC 5 6 UT 11 5HI 5 3 ND 19 3 VA 6 4IA 16 5 NE 15 4 VT 10 4ID 9 5 NH 10 4 WA 6 6IL 6 6 NJ 6 5 WI 12 5IN 6 5 NM 5 6 WV 3 5KS 11 6 NV 6 4 WY 14 4% SSI Working 20042.7—4.64.7—6.36.4—8.78.8—18.8ARNEKSUnemployment Rates 20045.8—8.25.3—5.74.7—5.23.3—4.6ARNEKSMT

Data Note: Relationship Between SSI Recipients Who Work and State Unemployment Rate

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Data Note: Relationship Between SSI Recipients Who Work and State Unemployment Rate

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