OASDI Monthly Statistics, March 2006

Table 6.
OASDI child benefits, by type of beneficiary and age, March 2005–March 2006
Month	All children	Children of retired workers			Children of deceased workers			Children of disabled workers
Month	All children	Under age 18	Students aged 18–19	Disabled aged 18 or older	Under age 18	Students aged 18–19	Disabled aged 18 or older	Under age 18	Students aged 18–19	Disabled aged 18 or older
	Number (thousands)
2005
March	4,058	281	23	192	1,338	91	504	1,494	70	65
April	4,083	282	25	192	1,339	99	505	1,500	76	66
May	4,015	282	16	191	1,340	62	505	1,505	46	66
June	3,925	282	3	191	1,340	16	506	1,508	12	67
July	3,939	283	4	191	1,341	20	506	1,512	15	67
August	3,950	282	5	192	1,339	25	507	1,514	18	68
September	3,965	282	7	192	1,337	33	507	1,514	24	68
October	3,988	282	10	192	1,337	43	508	1,516	32	68
November	4,008	282	12	192	1,334	54	508	1,518	40	69
December	4,025	281	15	192	1,332	64	508	1,516	48	69

2006
January	4,043	283	18	192	1,331	73	508	1,515	56	69
February	4,065	284	20	192	1,331	82	508	1,516	63	69
March	4,089	285	23	192	1,332	91	509	1,517	71	69
	Total monthly benefits (millions of dollars)
2005
March	1,880	124	12	96	823	64	327	383	26	25
April	1,893	124	13	96	824	70	328	384	28	25
May	1,859	125	9	96	827	44	328	388	17	25
June	1,812	125	2	97	828	10	329	392	4	25
July	1,819	126	2	97	829	13	329	393	5	25
August	1,825	126	3	97	828	17	330	393	7	26
September	1,834	126	4	97	827	22	330	393	9	26
October	1,846	126	5	97	826	30	331	394	12	26
November	1,859	126	6	97	826	37	331	394	15	26
December	1,946	131	8	101	858	46	345	410	19	27

2006
January	1,960	132	10	102	860	53	345	409	22	27
February	1,972	133	11	102	860	60	346	409	24	27
March	1,985	133	13	102	860	67	347	409	27	27
	Average monthly benefit (dollars)
2005
March	463.20	440.30	528.30	502.50	615.20	699.70	649.10	256.40	371.00	375.40
April	463.50	440.80	530.40	503.10	615.20	703.10	649.60	256.30	371.80	375.40
May	463.10	442.10	538.90	503.70	616.60	713.70	650.10	257.90	377.30	376.30
June	461.60	444.00	499.10	504.30	618.00	658.80	650.60	259.60	354.40	377.90
July	461.80	444.50	507.60	504.80	618.10	664.20	650.90	259.70	360.90	378.20
August	462.20	445.00	518.50	505.20	618.20	671.20	651.30	259.90	365.60	378.80
September	462.50	445.40	522.40	505.60	618.20	680.20	651.60	259.70	368.90	378.70
October	462.90	445.80	525.40	506.30	618.10	683.80	652.00	259.60	369.10	378.60
November	463.80	447.20	529.40	507.20	618.90	687.00	652.40	259.70	369.80	378.90
December	483.40	465.70	553.20	528.40	644.50	720.20	679.40	270.30	387.10	394.80

2006
January	484.70	467.50	558.30	529.50	646.10	723.40	679.90	270.30	386.80	395.30
February	485.10	467.60	560.60	530.20	645.90	726.70	680.30	270.00	387.60	395.00
March	485.60	467.70	562.80	531.10	645.70	730.30	681.10	269.70	388.80	395.30
SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data.
NOTES: Data are for the end of the specified month. Some Social Security beneficiaries are entitled to more than one type of benefit. In most cases, they are dually entitled to a worker benefit and a higher spouse or widow(er) benefit. If both benefits are financed from the same trust fund, the beneficiary is usually counted only once in the statistics, as a retired-worker or a disabled-worker beneficiary, and the benefit amount recorded is the larger amount associated with the auxiliary benefit. If the benefits are paid from different trust funds the beneficiary is counted twice, and the respective benefit amounts are recorded for each type of benefit.
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