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Table 2—Age-benefits: Estimated Classification by Marital Status of People Granted Benefit During the Year Ended 31st March, 1950 (Excluding Transfers from Invalids' and Widows' Benefits)

Table 3—Age-benefits: Estimated Percentage of Benefits Granted During the Year Ended 31st March, 1950, to People in 60-64 Years and in 65 Years and Over Age Groups According to Marital Status

An indication of the age distribution of women under sixty years of age whose husbands were granted age-benefit during 1949-50 is given in the following table, based on an analysis of a cross-section of new benefits which included payment for a dependent wife.

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(Estimate based on analysis of 45 per cent, of benefits granted) Men. Women. Total. Marital Status. First Application. o g b A Total. First Application. Previously Included in Husband's Benefit. Re-application. [ Total. First Application. Re-application. Total. Married 2,796 285 3,081 1,635 1,361 188 3,184 4,431 473 6,265 Single 349 99 448 620 60 680 969 159 1,128 Widowed 436 89 525 697 13 195 905 1,133 284 1,430 Separated and divorced 167 45 212 202 27 229 369 72 441 Total 3,748 518 4,266 3,154 1,374 470 4,998 6,902 988 9,264

Marital Status. Men. Women. 60-64 Years. 65 Years and Over. Total. 60-64 Years. 65 Years and Over. Total. {1) Married 58 42 100 76 24 100 (2) Married men with wives under 60 years 78 22 100 of age (included in (1) above) (3) Married women previously in husband's 99 1 100 age-benefit (included in (1) above) {4) Single 53 47 100 70 30 100 (5) Widowed .. .. .. .. 1 36 64 100 42 58 100 (6) Separated and divorced .. .. 52 48 100 81 19 100 <7) Total 1 55 45 100 69 31 100