Why isn Social Security differentiated by type of benefit?
Social Security is not broken out by type of benefit because a person may receive more than one type of Social Security benefit (such as retired-worker benefit and spouse benefit). Aged units and families may have even more combinations of benefits (such as one spouse receiving retired-worker benefits and the other receiving disability benefits). For this reason, it also should not be assumed that beneficiary units 65 or older or persons 65 or older in beneficiary families are receiving retirement benefits, even though disability benefits are converted to retired-worker benefits at full retirement age.
