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    • Benefits Data from the Benefits and Earnings Public-Use File - 2004

    Metadata Updated: February 1, 2023

    This file contains benefits data and is part of a set of two separate but associated subfiles, one with Social Security benefit information and the other with longitudinal earnings information. Sample beneficiary records drawn from the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program can be linked to their corresponding earnings histories.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/index.html
    https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/earn_dictionary.pdf

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date February 1, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SSA JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date February 1, 2023
    Publisher Social Security Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier US-GOV-SSA-293
    Data Last Modified 2005-06-20
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 016:00
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Dictionary https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/earn_dictionary.pdf
    Harvest Object Id b426a5dd-1276-4a04-83b2-9cc333b125e0
    Harvest Source Id 9386406b-a7b0-4834-a267-0f912b6340db
    Harvest Source Title SSA JSON
    Homepage URL https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/index.html
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 016:000
    Related Documents https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/index.html, https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/microdata/earn/earn_dictionary.pdf
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 64923685fa0fce8e23a95f809ffce59b1522b9e6
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial Social Security beneficiaries worldwide
    Temporal 2004-12-01/2004-12-31

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