U.S. Social Security Administration, Office of Policy.

Chart descriptions - Social Security Disability Programs: Assessing the Variation in Allowance Rates

 
by Alexander Strand
ORES Working Paper No. 98
August 2002

Chart 1.
The stability of state DI allowance rates across years, 1991–1999

On this scatter-plot chart, the horizontal axis is labeled allowance rates in 1991 (percent) and the vertical axis labeled allowance rates in 1999 (percent). Both axes range from 20 to 70 in increments of 10.

The data points generally gravitate toward the identity line running diagonally from the 20–20 coordinate to the 70–70 coordinate.

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Chart 2.
DI filing rates and allowance rates, 1997–1999

On this scatter-plot chart, the horizontal axis is labeled filing rates (percentage of population) and it ranges from 0.1 to 0.7 in increments of 0.2. The vertical axis is labeled allowance rates (percent) and it ranges from 15 to 65 in increments of 10.

The trendline for the data points is negative, running approximately from the 0.2–50 coordinate to the 0.6–40 coordinate.

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Chart 3.
SSI filing rates and allowance rates, 1997–1999

On this scatter-plot chart, the horizontal axis is labeled filing rates (percentage of population) and it ranges from 0.1 to 0.7 in increments of 0.2. The vertical axis is labeled allowance rates (percent) and it ranges from 15 to 65 in increments of 10.

The trendline for the data points is negative, running approximately from the 0.1–35 coordinate to the 0.7–25 coordinate.

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Chart 4.
DI prevalence rates and allowance rates, 1997–1999

On this scatter-plot chart, the horizontal axis is labeled prevalence rates (percentage of population) and it ranges from 1 to 5 in increments of 1. The vertical axis is labeled allowance rates (percent) and it ranges from 15 to 65 in increments of 10.

The trendline for the data points is negative, running approximately from the 1.5–50 coordinate to the 5–40 coordinate.

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Chart 5.
SSI prevalence rates and allowance rates, 1997–1999

On this scatter-plot chart, the horizontal axis is labeled prevalence rates (percentage of population) and it ranges from 1 to 5 in increments of 1. The vertical axis is labeled allowance rates (percent) and it ranges from 15 to 65 in increments of 10.

The trendline for the data points is negative, running approximately from the 1–35 coordinate to the 5–25 coordinate.

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Chart 6.
Absolute difference between DI allowance rates and the mean, 1999

This map chart categorizes states by departure from the national mean DI allowance rate. Fifteen states differ by more than ten percentage points: those states are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, and West Virginia. Fifteen states differ by 5 to 10 percentage points: those states are Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming. The remaining 21 states differ by fewer than 5 percentage points.

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Chart 7.
Absolute difference between DI allowance rates and predicted values, 1999

This map chart categorizes states by departure from predicted DI allowance rate. Two states differ by more than ten percentage points: those states are Nevada and Wyoming. Nine states differ by 5 to 10 percentage points: those states are Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Vermont. The remaining 40 states differ by fewer than 5 percentage points.

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Chart 8.
Absolute difference between SSI allowance rates and the mean, 1999

This map chart categorizes states by departure from the national mean SSI allowance rate. Eight states differ by more than ten percentage points: those states are Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, and New Hampshire. Sixteen states differ by 5 to 10 percentage points: those states are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The remaining 27 states differ by fewer than 5 percentage points.

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Chart 9.
Absolute difference between SSI allowance rates and predicted values, 1999

This map chart categorizes states by departure from predicted SSI allowance rate. Two states differ by more than ten percentage points: those states are Colorado and Hawaii. Ten states differ by 5 to 10 percentage points: those states are Arizona, California, Connecticut, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Texas, and Wisconsin. The remaining 39 states differ by fewer than 5 percentage points.

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Chart 10.
Absolute difference between DI allowance rates and the mean, 1999

This map chart categorizes states by departure from the national mean DI allowance rate. Fifteen states differ by more than ten percentage points: those states are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, and West Virginia. Fifteen states differ by 5 to 10 percentage points: those states are Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming. The remaining 21 states differ by fewer than 5 percentage points.

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Chart 11.
Absolute difference between DI allowance rates and predicted values, 1999

This map chart categorizes states by departure from predicted DI allowance rate. Two states differ by more than 10 percentage points: those states are Nebraska and Nevada. Five states differ by 5 to 10 percentage points: those states are Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, and Oregon. The remaining 44 states differ by fewer than 5 percentage points.

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Chart 12.
Absolute difference between SSI allowance rates and the mean, 1999

This map chart categorizes states by departure from the national mean SSI allowance rate. Eight states differ by more than ten percentage points: those states are Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, and New Hampshire. Sixteen states differ by 5 to 10 percentage points: those states are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The remaining 27 states differ by fewer than 5 percentage points.

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Chart 13.
Absolute difference between SSI allowance rates and predicted values, 1999

This map chart categorizes states by departure from predicted SSI allowance rate. One state differs by more than ten percentage points: that state is Hawaii. Seven states differ by 5 to 10 percentage points: those states are Arizona, California, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, and North Dakota. The remaining 43 states differ by fewer than 5 percentage points.

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