The Social Security Administration's 10-Percent Sample File of OASDI Beneficiaries

This is another in a series of technical articles describing Social Security Administration sample files and statistical systems. The focus of this article is the lo-percent sample file that provides program and demographic information on Social Security beneficiaries under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program. The article explains the contents and availability of the lo-percent sample and presents several statistical tabulations as examples of the wide variety of data that can be developed from the file.