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Social Security Disability: Most of Gender Difference Explained

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 27, 1994
Report No. HEHS-94-94
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Summary:

Under the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, older women are allowed benefits at a lower rate than are older men. For example, in 1988, 39 percent of female applicants aged 55 to 64--compared with 50 percent of the male applicants of the same age--were allowed benefits. However, GAO found that this difference does not necessarily point to bias in the system. Rather, most of the difference could be explained by gender difference in impairments and demographic characteristics and by the rules for determining disability.

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