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Title: For Elderly Immigrants, a Retirement Plan in U.S

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Publication Year: 1995

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Abstract: It was in the chaotic din of a Chinatown garment factory that 74-year-old Ho Yin-peng discovered a better way to survive than snipping loose threads from clothing at 5 cents a dress.Her co-workers told her that even though she lived with her son, she could qualify for the Federal welfare program known as Supplemental Security Income if she was over 65 and had been in this country for more than three years.So after she passed the third anniversary of her residence in the United States in 1991, she applied and soon began receiving $280 a month, far more than she made in the factory at $40 a week. She has not worked since."It's not enough for living expenses, but its more than when I was working," said Mrs. Ho, who now shares a small apartment with a friend in Chinatown. "Everyone knows about this."Created in the early 1970's to bolster the incomes of retirees who did not receive enough in Social Security, the Supplemental Security Income program is increasingly being sought out by elderly immigrants new to this country....

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Authors: Dunn, Ashley

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Publication Date: 1995

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Migration and Immigration

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