No. 500. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE-RECIPIENTS OF MONEY PAYMENTS, STATES AND OTHER AREAS: 1970 AND 1972

3 544,0

0.1

0.2

2.9

0.4

48.5

3.8

12.5

2.2

3.8

7.8

1.8

5.8

(NA)

44.0

(NA)

3.2

5.2

(NA)

8.5

1 Includes the children and 1 or both parents, or 1 caretaker relative other than a parent, in families where the needs of such adults were considered in determining the amount of assistance.

Includes 277 recipients of payments made without Federal participation in California and 657 in Missouri; excludes 6,873 such recipients in Pennsylvania.

Partly estimated; total not as large as sum of State figures because of adjustment.

41972, as of November. $ 1972, as of October.

Source: U.S. Social and Rehabilitation Service, Public Assistance Statistics, monthly.

No. 501. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES-STATES AND OTHER AREAS: 1970

AND 1972

[In millions of dollars. Excludes expenditures for administration, services, and training]

Source: U.S. Social and Rehabilitation Service, Public Assistance Statistics, monthly

Public Assistance-Aid to Families

311

No. 502. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE-AVERAGE MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO RECIPIENTS, STATES AND OTHER AREAS: 1970 AND 1972

[In dollars. December, except as noted. Excludes vendor payments for medical care and cases receiving only such payments; for definition, see headnote, table 498]

94

102

151

112

75

120

84

105

86

102

95

108

108

62

77

73

Source: U.S. Social and Rehabilitation Service, Public Assistance Statistics, monthly.

No. 503. AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN (AFDC)-CHARACTERISTICS OF RECIPIENT FAMILIES: 1969 AND 1971

[Refers to federally aided State programs providing aid to needy children deprived of parental care or support Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; for details, see source]

1 For definition of standard metropolitan statistical area, see sec. 33.

Includes unknown or not reported. 3 Full-time and part-time. 4 For definition of median, see preface. Source: U.S. Social and Rehabilitation Service, Characteristics of AFDC Families, 1969, and Findings of the 1871 Study, December 22, 1971. (Part I, Demographic and Program Characteristics.)

No. 504. SOCIAL SECURITY (OASDHI)-CHILD BENEFICIARIES AND BENEFITS: 1960 TO 1972

[Benefits in current-payment status at end of year. OASDHI: Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance]

Represents zero. 1 Disability began before age 18. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin.

28.25 31.98
51.37 61.26
30.21 31.61

38. 12

38.63

44.85

49.36

60. 19

70.85

71. 10

82.23 90.94

110.35

34.79

34. 64

38.63

41.50

49.38

2 For December.

No. 505. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH And Welfare SERVICES-EXPENDITURES, 1965 TO 1972, AND BY STATES AND OTHER AREAS, 1972

[For years ending June 30, except as noted. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series H 215–220]

health crippled services 1

1 Source: Beginning 1970, U.S. Public Health Service, unpublished data. 2 Estimated.

Source: Except as noted, U.S. Social and Rehabilitation Service, Child Welfare Statistics, annual, and unpublished data.

Crippled Children-Orphans-Adoptions-Scouts

No. 506. SERVICES FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: 1950 TO 1971

313

[In thousands, except averages. Beginning 1967, for years ending June 30. Includes Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and, beginning 1960, Guam. See Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series H 213, for totals]

Source: U.S. Public Health Service, Crippled Children's Program Statistics.

No. 507. ORPHANS, BY TYPE: 1940 To 1972

[Beginning 1960, includes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. Covers children under age 18 who have been orphaned at any time. Paternal orphan refers to loss of father, maternal orphan to loss of mother, full orphan to loss of both parents. Percent of child population based on Bureau of the Census estimated population of children under is, as of July 1. Data not exactly comparable for all years because of changes in methodology]

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. Irregularly in Social Security Bulletin.

No. 508. CHILD ADOPTIONS, BY TYPE: 1952 to 1971

[In thousands. Includes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. Based on reports from State departments of public welfare with estimates added for nonreporting States, number of which varied from year to year. Prior to 1960, represents number of adoption petitions filed; thereafter, number of petitions granted]

Source: U.S. Social and Rehabilitation Service; for 1952-1960, Child Welfare Statistics; thereafter, Supplement to Child Welfare Statistics.

No. 509. Boy SCOUTS AND GIRL SCOUTS-MEMBERSHIP AND UNITS: 1965, 1970, AND 1972 [In thousands. Boy Scout data as of Dec. 31; Girl Scout data as of Sept. 30. Includes Puerto Rico and outlying areas]

Source: Boy Scouts of America, National Council, New Brunswick, N.J. Annual Report; and Girl Scouts of the United States of America, New York, N.Y., Annual Report.