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have been poor in 1996 in the absence of government benefits, the study reported. Government benefit programs lowered the elderly poverty rate to 9. ...
The strong effect of government benefits in reducing poverty among the elderly is due overwhelmingly to Social Security. In 1996, Social Security was responsible for nine of every 10 elderly people lifted out of poverty by government benefit programs. The safety net programs lifted a total 13 million elderly people out of poverty, with Social Security responsible for lifting out 11. ...
Government benefits lift from poverty more than four of every five elderly people who otherwise would be poor, the study found, but fewer than one in three children who otherwise would be poor.
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