Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2004
(Expanded Edition)

Importance of Social Security Relative to Total Income
(Beneficiary Aged Units and Persons in Beneficiary Families Only)

Relative Importance of Social Security for Beneficiary Aged Units

Relative Importance of Social Security for Beneficiary Units 65 or Older

Relative Importance of Social Security for Persons 65 or Older in Beneficiary Families


Key Terms and Concepts for Section 9 1

Age. Age classification is based on the age of the person at his or her last birthday as of March 2005. A married couple's age is defined as the age of the husband—unless he is under age 55 and the wife is 55 or older, in which case it is the age of the wife.

Aged unit. With age 55 as the cutoff, aged units are defined as married couples living together—at least one of whom is 55 or older—and nonmarried persons 55 or older.

Marital status. Married persons are married and living with their spouse. Nonmarried persons may be divorced, widowed, never married, separated, or married but living apart from their spouse.

Race. The categories White alone, Black alone, and Asian alone reflect respondents who reported only one race. Because of changes to the race category, data on race are not directly comparable to editions prior to 2002. A person's race is his or her reported race. A married couple's race is defined as the race of the husband.

Hispanic origin. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. A married couple is of Hispanic origin if the husband is of Hispanic origin.

Family. A family is a group of two or more people (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family.

Social Security beneficiary. A beneficiary may be receiving retired-worker-benefits, dependents' or survivor benefits, disability benefits, or transitionally insured benefits.

Per capita income. Per capita income is total family income divided by the number of persons in the family.

Relative Importance of Income Source. The relative importance of a source is the ratio of the amount of income from a given source to total income for an aged unit or family. These tables are distributions of persons or aged units by the importance of a given source at the individual unit level.

Poverty. The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to detect who is poor. If a family's total income is less than that family's threshold, then that family, and every individual in it, is considered poor. The poverty thresholds do not vary geographically, but they are updated annually for inflation with the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U). The official poverty definition counts money income before taxes and excludes capital gains and noncash benefits (such as public housing, Medicaid, and food stamps).

Notes

1 For more information, consult the Glossary for this report.

Tables

Table 9.A1 Percentage distribution of beneficiary units, by age, 2004
Proportion of income Aged
55–61
Aged
62–64
Aged 65 or older
Total 65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or
older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 22.6 26.3 9.7 17.3 10.8 6.9 4.8
20–39 19.3 20.0 16.0 22.8 18.4 12.9 10.8
40–59 15.0 15.2 17.6 18.4 19.2 17.7 15.6
60–79 10.0 8.2 15.5 12.4 15.1 18.0 16.4
80 or more 33.1 30.3 41.3 29.0 36.4 44.4 52.4
50 or more 50.9 44.3 65.8 49.9 61.2 72.0 77.4
90 or more 29.7 25.6 34.0 24.6 30.2 36.1 42.9
100 23.4 19.3 21.4 16.0 18.4 23.1 26.5
Mean proportion 54.9 51.0 65.4 54.7 62.2 68.9 73.8
Number (thousands) 1,986 2,287 23,662 5,836 5,309 5,263 7,254
NOTE: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Table 9.A2 Percentage distribution of beneficiary units, by marital status and age, 2004
Proportion of income Married couples Nonmarried persons
55–61 62–64 65 or older 55–61 62–64 65 or older
Total 65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or
older
Total 65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or
older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 37.4 35.3 15.6 24.9 15.1 9.8 7.7 7.3 16.0 5.7 8.7 7.0 4.9 3.8
20–39 28.3 26.7 20.6 26.1 22.1 15.8 15.3 9.9 12.4 12.7 19.1 15.2 11.0 9.2
40–59 12.5 13.2 19.5 18.6 21.0 19.8 19.0 17.6 17.4 16.2 18.2 17.7 16.3 14.3
60–79 8.7 5.6 16.7 12.5 16.3 21.0 19.2 11.2 11.2 14.7 12.4 14.2 16.0 15.3
80 or more 13.0 19.3 27.5 17.9 25.5 33.6 38.7 54.0 42.9 50.7 41.6 45.8 51.9 57.4
50 or more 28.5 29.3 53.7 38.4 51.7 65.6 67.4 74.2 61.5 74.1 62.9 69.2 76.4 81.1
90 or more 10.7 13.7 21.0 14.0 19.8 25.1 28.8 49.4 39.2 43.0 36.5 39.1 43.7 48.1
100 8.0 10.0 10.6 7.4 9.1 13.2 14.4 39.4 30.0 28.8 25.8 26.4 30.0 30.9
Mean proportion 36.9 40.0 55.6 45.6 54.6 62.4 65.4 73.5 63.7 72.1 65.0 68.8 73.4 76.9
Number (thousands) 1,012 1,221 9,650 3,101 2,448 2,142 1,958 974 1,066 14,012 2,735 2,861 3,121 5,296
NOTE: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Table 9.A3 Percentage distribution of beneficiary units, by race, Hispanic origin, and marital status, 2004
Proportion of income White alone Black alone Asian alone Hispanic origin
All
units
Married
couples
Nonmarried
persons
All
units
Married
couples
Nonmarried
persons
All
units
Married
couples
Nonmarried
persons
All
units
Married
couples
Nonmarried
persons
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 9.8 15.3 5.8 7.6 17.1 4.5 14.6 22.3 6.6 5.6 8.4 3.9
20–39 16.4 21.0 13.1 12.2 16.2 10.9 14.2 18.7 9.5 11.2 14.5 9.1
40–59 18.2 19.9 16.9 13.5 16.6 12.5 10.8 10.2 11.4 13.3 14.9 12.3
60–79 15.9 17.2 15.0 12.6 12.3 12.6 12.3 11.0 13.6 13.1 16.0 11.3
80 or more 39.7 26.6 49.2 54.1 37.7 59.4 48.2 37.9 58.9 56.9 46.1 63.4
50 or more 64.9 53.4 73.3 73.8 58.5 78.7 67.0 54.3 80.2 78.1 71.5 82.1
90 or more 32.2 19.9 41.2 49.0 32.3 54.5 40.4 31.0 50.2 50.8 39.1 57.9
100 19.1 9.5 26.2 39.9 23.9 45.1 28.3 16.8 40.3 42.6 31.3 49.4
Mean proportion 64.5 55.3 71.3 73.3 60.6 77.4 67.2 58.0 76.7 75.8 69.1 79.8
Number (thousands) 20,698 8,743 11,955 2,125 522 1,603 533 271 261 1,318 495 823
NOTE: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Table 9.A4 Percentage distribution of beneficiary units, by marital status and quintile of total money income, 2004
Proportion of income All units Married couples Nonmarried persons
First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth First Second Third Fourth Fifth
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 0.8 0.8 1.7 5.4 40.0 1.0 1.2 3.0 14.6 58.8 0.9 0.6 0.8 2.5 23.7
20–39 1.4 3.0 8.9 24.0 41.6 2.4 5.3 16.0 41.3 37.0 1.9 0.8 4.5 12.3 44.0
40–59 4.4 7.4 23.4 35.4 14.8 5.5 13.3 35.8 37.0 3.3 3.8 5.3 8.9 35.1 25.8
60–79 8.6 14.4 25.5 24.6 2.0 11.7 28.1 36.0 4.9 0.8 6.8 10.9 17.8 30.4 4.3
80 or more 84.7 74.4 40.4 10.6 1.6 79.4 52.1 9.3 2.1 0.1 86.6 82.4 67.9 19.6 2.2
50 or more 96.1 93.6 80.4 52.4 8.1 94.1 88.6 67.1 18.9 1.6 95.9 96.4 91.7 71.6 15.6
90 or more 77.3 62.8 29.2 5.6 1.2 71.1 33.8 4.3 1.3 0 78.9 75.0 53.6 11.9 1.6
100 59.7 38.4 13.2 1.3 0.7 43.9 11.1 1.3 0.7 0 63.3 52.9 29.0 5.2 0.7
Mean proportion 92.1 87.1 70.9 52.5 26.9 89.4 76.9 56.7 37.8 19.5 92.5 91.5 83.8 61.2 33.6
Number (thousands) 3,822 5,242 5,029 4,892 4,677 1,711 2,049 2,012 1,992 1,887 2,155 3,011 3,115 2,974 2,758
NOTES: Units with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Quintile limits are $10,399, $16,363, $25,587, and $44,129 for all units; $20,258, $29,437, $42,129, and $68,299 for married couples; and $8,364, $12,000, $16,471, and $26,064 for nonmarried persons.
Table 9.B1 Percentage distribution of persons in beneficiary families, by sex and age, 2004
Proportion of family income All persons Men Women
Aged
55–61
Aged
62–64
Aged 65
or older
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
55–61 62–64 65 or
older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 37.0 32.0 14.9 40.7 35.5 16.9 35.0 29.5 13.4
20–39 24.7 23.3 19.8 23.4 23.0 21.7 25.4 23.6 18.3
40–59 13.4 15.6 17.9 11.7 14.5 18.7 14.4 16.4 17.3
60–79 7.1 8.9 15.3 7.1 6.1 15.3 7.1 10.8 15.3
80 or more 17.7 20.2 32.1 17.1 20.9 27.4 18.1 19.7 35.6
50 or more 31.0 35.8 56.3 29.7 32.5 51.7 31.7 38.0 59.7
90 or more 14.6 16.3 25.5 14.6 16.1 21.4 14.6 16.4 28.6
100 10.6 10.9 14.6 10.5 11.9 11.9 10.6 10.3 16.5
Mean proportion 39.9 43.5 58.0 38.4 41.7 54.6 40.7 44.6 60.6
Number (thousands) 4,646 4,044 31,396 1,674 1,647 13,413 2,972 2,397 17,984
NOTE: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Table 9.B2 Percentage distribution of persons in beneficiary families, by sex and age, 2004
Proportion of family income All persons Men Women
65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or
older
65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or
older
65–69 70–74 75–79 80 or
older
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 20.7 15.4 11.8 11.2 24.4 17.2 13.1 10.7 17.4 13.9 10.8 11.5
20–39 25.2 20.8 16.6 15.9 26.4 23.3 18.1 17.5 24.2 18.9 15.6 15.0
40–59 18.2 19.4 18.6 15.6 17.3 20.0 19.5 18.2 19.0 18.8 18.0 14.1
60–79 12.7 15.2 17.1 16.6 12.0 14.4 18.1 17.8 13.2 15.9 16.4 15.9
80 or more 23.2 29.2 35.8 40.6 19.8 25.1 31.2 35.9 26.3 32.5 39.3 43.5
50 or more 43.8 54.3 62.9 65.4 38.7 49.5 60.3 62.4 48.2 58.2 64.8 67.1
90 or more 18.9 23.2 28.1 32.3 16.0 19.5 24.5 27.5 21.4 26.1 30.8 35.1
100 11.0 13.0 16.2 18.2 9.2 10.5 13.9 14.9 12.6 15.0 17.8 20.2
Mean proportion 49.9 56.4 62.0 64.6 46.4 53.1 59.2 62.3 53.0 59.0 64.1 65.9
Number (thousands) 8,616 7,420 6,908 8,453 4,035 3,287 2,941 3,149 4,581 4,132 3,967 5,303
NOTE: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Table 9.B3 Percentage distribution of persons in beneficiary families, by sex and marital status, 2004
Proportion of family income All persons Men Women
Married Nonmarried Married Nonmarried Married Nonmarried
Total Widowed Divorced Never
married
Total Widowed Divorced Never
married
Total Widowed Divorced Never
married
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 16.1 13.5 13.2 14.8 11.9 17.7 14.9 15.5 15.0 12.3 14.1 12.9 12.7 14.7 11.6
20–39 21.6 17.5 16.1 22.1 18.8 22.4 19.9 18.4 21.1 20.7 20.6 16.6 15.6 22.7 17.1
40–59 19.3 16.1 15.5 18.1 18.3 19.0 17.9 18.6 17.6 18.6 19.7 15.5 14.8 18.5 18.1
60–79 16.6 13.8 13.8 11.7 17.5 15.9 13.6 13.5 12.8 14.5 17.3 13.8 13.8 11.1 20.3
80 or more 26.4 39.1 41.4 33.3 33.4 24.9 33.7 34.1 33.5 33.9 28.3 41.1 43.1 33.1 32.9
50 or more 52.3 61.2 63.1 53.9 60.2 50.0 56.0 56.8 55.0 56.4 55.3 63.0 64.7 53.3 63.8
90 or more 19.8 32.6 34.4 28.1 27.0 18.7 28.4 29.2 28.4 28.7 21.1 34.1 35.7 27.8 25.5
100 9.7 20.5 21.1 18.4 18.3 9.2 19.1 18.6 19.1 20.3 10.4 21.0 21.7 18.1 16.4
Mean proportion 54.6 62.3 63.7 57.6 60.7 53.0 58.7 59.0 57.9 59.9 56.6 63.6 64.8 57.4 61.5
Number (thousands) 17,290 14,106 9,663 2,440 1,167 9,664 3,749 1,857 931 558 7,626 10,357 7,806 1,509 609
NOTE: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Table 9.B4 Percentage distribution of persons in beneficiary families, by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 2004
Proportion of family income White alone Black alone Asian alone Hispanic origin
All
persons
Men Women All
persons
Men Women All
persons
Men Women All
persons
Men Women
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 14.4 16.5 12.9 14.6 16.7 13.4 32.6 33.7 31.6 17.8 15.7 19.3
20–39 19.9 22.0 18.2 17.6 16.6 18.2 22.5 24.9 20.7 17.4 18.8 16.4
40–59 18.4 19.2 17.9 13.8 15.3 12.8 10.3 9.7 10.7 13.8 14.1 13.6
60–79 15.9 15.9 15.8 12.1 11.8 12.3 8.1 6.4 9.5 13.2 13.8 12.7
80 or more 31.4 26.4 35.2 41.8 39.6 43.3 26.5 25.3 27.4 37.8 37.5 38.1
50 or more 56.4 51.5 60.1 61.5 59.3 62.9 39.5 37.1 41.4 59.1 59.7 58.8
90 or more 24.6 20.3 27.9 36.4 34.8 37.4 22.3 20.4 23.9 32.0 31.4 32.4
100 13.3 10.6 15.4 28.1 26.6 29.1 13.4 12.6 13.9 25.0 23.9 25.8
Mean proportion 57.9 54.3 60.7 63.0 61.4 64.1 47.0 45.0 48.5 60.1 60.6 59.8
Number (thousands) 27,733 11,911 15,821 2,506 974 1,532 768 342 426 1,726 736 990
NOTE: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Table 9.B5 Percentage distribution of persons in beneficiary families, by race, Hispanic origin, sex, and marital status, 2004
Proportion of family income White alone Black alone Asian alone Hispanic origin
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
Married Non-
married
Married Non-
married
Married Non-
married
Married Non-
married
Married Non-
married
Married Non-
married
Married Non-
married
Married Non-
married
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 17.0 15.1 13.7 12.2 20.6 12.2 12.7 13.6 35.6 a 28.5 35.3 12.7 21.8 10.2 25.2
20–39 22.5 20.7 20.5 16.4 18.3 14.7 18.7 18.1 26.0 a 25.8 14.6 17.6 21.3 18.1 15.3
40–59 19.5 18.3 20.3 16.0 14.3 16.4 13.3 12.7 10.3 a 10.8 10.7 15.3 11.7 12.8 14.1
60–79 16.5 14.2 18.0 14.2 12.6 11.0 12.3 12.3 5.1 a 8.0 11.3 14.5 12.5 16.6 10.1
80 or more 24.4 31.8 27.6 41.1 34.3 45.6 43.1 43.3 22.9 a 26.9 28.1 39.9 32.7 42.2 35.4
50 or more 50.4 54.5 55.4 63.7 53.9 65.4 63.2 62.8 33.3 a 40.0 42.9 64.3 50.4 66.7 53.6
90 or more 18.2 26.0 20.4 33.8 27.7 42.9 34.1 38.3 18.0 a 22.0 26.1 32.5 29.0 35.7 30.4
100 8.5 16.6 9.5 20.0 19.9 34.1 27.8 29.5 8.8 a 10.1 18.5 24.2 23.2 26.7 25.3
Mean proportion 53.1 57.5 56.6 63.9 56.6 66.8 63.8 64.2 42.4 a 48.0 49.1 63.3 55.0 65.5 56.1
Number (thousands) 8,760 3,151 6,964 8,858 518 457 355 1,177 272 70 231 195 492 244 390 600
NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
a. Fewer than 75,000 weighted cases.
Table 9.B6 Percentage distribution of persons in beneficiary families, by quintile of per-capita total family money income, 2004
Proportion of family income Total First Second Third Fourth Fifth
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 14.9 2.6 2.6 6.8 14.9 47.4
20–39 19.8 6.2 6.7 14.5 29.7 41.1
40–59 17.9 8.3 9.5 22.3 38.1 9.7
60–79 15.3 10.8 18.2 31.8 12.9 1.2
80 or more 32.1 72.0 63.0 24.5 4.3 0.7
50 or more 56.3 87.3 87.0 70.3 34.0 4.3
90 or more 25.5 64.3 49.3 15.4 2.4 0.5
100 14.6 43.2 25.4 6.2 1.3 0.3
Mean proportion 58.0 84.3 80.2 61.5 42.7 23.5
Number (thousands) 31,396 5,517 6,621 6,608 6,398 6,253
NOTE: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Per-capita family total money income quintile limits are $9,508, $13,599, $19,120, and $30,199.
Table 9.B7 Percentage distribution of persons in beneficiary families, by number of persons in family and quintile of per-capita family total money income, 2004
Proportion of family income Total First Second Third Fourth Fifth
Persons in 1-person families
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 6.0 0.5 0.5 1.5 3.5 27.3
20–39 14.0 1.6 1.9 5.9 17.5 49.1
40–59 17.2 4.5 5.8 15.1 44.9 19.9
60–79 15.4 9.3 12.2 28.5 24.0 2.0
80 or more 47.5 84.1 79.6 49.0 10.1 1.7
50 or more 71.9 96.0 95.6 87.5 59.0 9.4
90 or more 39.7 76.7 68.8 35.2 5.7 1.3
100 25.2 58.0 43.0 15.7 3.1 0.8
Mean proportion 70.2 92.0 89.6 76.0 54.5 30.3
Number (thousands) 10,385 1,897 2,580 2,162 1,894 1,852
Persons in 2-person families
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 14.5 0.9 0.8 3.5 11.0 50.9
20–39 20.5 2.9 5.3 13.1 34.1 41.4
40–59 19.3 6.9 10.3 27.3 42.9 6.4
60–79 17.3 10.9 23.2 40.9 9.7 1.0
80 or more 28.4 78.3 60.4 15.2 2.5 0.3
50 or more 55.1 93.2 90.1 73.6 28.6 2.6
90 or more 21.6 70.4 42.9 7.2 1.4 0.2
100 10.6 42.6 16.3 1.9 0.7 0.1
Mean proportion 56.6 88.5 80.2 60.5 41.8 22.0
Number (thousands) 16,794 2,639 3,414 3,554 3,509 3,679
Persons in families of 3 or more
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 38.5 11.4 21.4 32.9 50.8 80.5
20–39 31.4 24.1 33.8 41.0 37.3 19.2
40–59 14.0 19.7 20.2 20.2 8.6 0.3
60–79 7.1 13.4 15.8 3.9 3.3 0
80 or more 9.0 31.3 8.8 2.1 0 0
50 or more 22.6 55.0 34.8 15.5 5.8 0.2
90 or more 6.2 23.8 3.7 0.4 0 0
100 4.2 16.3 2.4 0.2 0 0
Mean proportion 33.9 58.1 41.4 30.7 23.0 13.6
Number (thousands) 4,217 981 627 893 994 722
NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
Per-capita family total money income quintile limits are $9,508, $13,599, $19,120, and $30,199.
Table 9.B8 Percentage distribution of persons in beneficiary families, by sex and ratio of family total money income to the poverty threshold, 2004
Proportion of family income All persons Men Women
Under
1.00
1.00–
1.24
1.25–
1.49
1.50–
1.99
2.00 or
more
Under
1.00
1.00–
1.24
1.25–
1.49
1.50–
1.99
2.00 or
more
Under
1.00
1.00–
1.24
1.25–
1.49
1.50–
1.99
2.00 or
more
Total percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1–19 1.0 0.7 1.4 2.6 22.7 1.7 0.8 1.7 3.0 23.0 0.8 0.7 1.2 2.3 22.4
20–39 2.3 4.5 4.5 6.8 28.5 1.7 5.2 3.4 6.1 28.8 2.5 4.1 5.0 7.2 28.3
40–59 5.8 7.5 7.9 10.6 23.4 6.2 7.9 7.6 8.8 23.1 5.7 7.3 8.0 11.7 23.7
60–79 10.9 11.0 11.3 19.9 15.7 11.0 10.8 11.0 18.7 15.6 10.8 11.1 11.5 20.6 15.8
80 or more 80.0 76.3 74.9 60.2 9.6 79.4 75.3 76.3 63.4 9.5 80.2 76.8 74.3 58.1 9.8
50 or more 94.6 91.5 91.0 86.6 36.4 94.7 89.4 92.3 87.1 35.9 94.5 92.6 90.4 86.3 36.9
90 or more 71.4 68.7 64.2 47.1 5.5 69.7 68.5 67.1 50.6 5.4 72.1 68.8 62.8 44.9 5.5
100 52.4 46.8 38.2 22.2 1.8 52.8 47.8 44.2 23.7 1.6 52.2 46.4 35.5 21.2 1.9
Mean proportion 89.8 87.5 86.2 79.3 42.5 89.4 86.6 87.3 80.4 42.3 89.9 87.9 85.7 78.5 42.8
Number (thousands) 2,381 2,157 2,425 4,669 19,764 633 709 776 1,803 9,493 1,748 1,448 1,650 2,867 10,271
NOTES: Persons in families with zero total income or with negative total income, earnings, or income from assets are excluded.
The family money income of aged persons is compared with the official poverty lines of families in 2004.