Old age and survivors

Some of the earliest forms of welfare state policy were provisions for aging and benefits for family members of workers who experienced work-related deaths.

One of the most comprehensive sources of comparative data for old age and survivor policies is the Social Security Programs Throughout the World series of reports and website maintained by the Social Security Administration of the United States. Many of the pre-internet reports are available as scanned books maintained by the Haithi Trust.

Indicator name*	Subcategory I	Subcategory II	Subcategory III	Technical name*	Scale*	Short description
Year of introduction of old-age pension program	Old-age	Introduction		old_pension_firstlaw	Date
Design of old-age pension program	Old-age	Introduction		old_pension_firstlaw_design	Multinomial
Coverage of old-age pension program	Old-age	Coverage		old_pension_firstlaw_coverage	Multinomial
Benefits of old-age pension program	Old-age	Benefits		old_pension_firstlaw_benefits	String
Mode of financing of old-age pension program	Old-age	Financing		old_pension_firstlaw_fin	Multinomial