Obtaining Information From Current Pay Power-of-Attorney Beneficiaries 



(BASED ON SAMPLE DATA) 



142 changed home address during last year 



21% contacted SSA for the following reasons:* 



5% change of home address (represents 35% of those who changed 



home address) 

 3% change of payment status 

 2% initiate direct deposit 

 8% Medicare inquiry 

 4% general benefit information 

 2% eligibility inquiry 

 2% amount of benefit inquiries 

 1% change of financial organizations 



*Detail does not add to total becuase of multiple responses. 



3% were purported to be in a foreign country at the time of the 

 survey 

 55% of these returned the mail questionnaires 



There were no "barred" or "restricted currency" countries 

 represented . 



Base of percentages is 135,060 weighted completed interviews 



Figure 2.2 



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