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Article: National Academy of Social Insurance: More than Five Million Children Rely on Social Security
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- February 26, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Although Social Security is
best known as a retirement program, it also supports millions of
children according to a new brief, Children's Stake in Social
Security, issued by the non-partisan National Academy of Social
Insurance (NASI). Significant findings of the study include the
following:
-- More American children are supported by Social Security than by
the traditional welfare program for poor families. More than five
million children under the age of 18-about 7 percent of all
youngsters-get part of their family income from Social Security. The
welfare program provides money for about four million children.
-- Three million children receive ...