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Housewives hit by cut in retirement benefit
A study in the Social Security Bulletin analyzes the impact of eliminating the minimum $122 monthly benefit. Among 165 minimum beneficiaries who turned 62, 89 percent were women and 78 percent were housewives with limited labor force attachment, often linked to husbands who would gain larger benefits. Congress backtracked in 1981, restoring current beneficiaries and delaying new minimums to 1982.
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Christopher Connell
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Bruce D. Schobel
Steven F. McKay
Social Security Bulletin
Congress
Reagan
Schobel
McKay