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 program	Old age	Introduction		old_old_intro	Date
Type of old-age program	Old age	Coverage		old_old_type
Coverage of old-age program	Old-age	Coverage		old_old_cov
Benefits of old-age program	Old-age	Coverage		old_old_ben
Financing sources of old-age program	Old-age	Finance		old_old_fin