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Making Ends Meet: How Low-Income Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries Meet Their Needs

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  • Jack Gettens
  • Alexis Henry

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This study, which is described fully in Gettens and Henry (2019), is based on interviews of 35 low-income DI beneficiaries living in the Worcester, Massachusetts area.

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  • Jack Gettens & Alexis Henry, "undated". "Making Ends Meet: How Low-Income Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries Meet Their Needs," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 91b122149f084708a520f9d46, Mathematica Policy Research.
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