Table 3.
Medicare Benefits at Age 50 (average by quartile, at age 50)
| AIME category/year | Male
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| FEM–time trend
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FEM-Waldron
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| 1928 | 1960 | 1990 | 1928 | 1960 | 1990 | |
| Lowest | 133,753 | 220,308 | 267,102 | 214,880 | 234,306 | 261,152 |
| 2 | 128,986 | 224,660 | 275,944 | 200,639 | 237,345 | 282,879 |
| 3 | 136,697 | 243,731 | 285,596 | 215,284 | 271,705 | 323,974 |
| Highest | 134,855 | 247,605 | 292,078 | 213,438 | 288,014 | 354,362 |
| Gap, high-low | 1,102 | 27,297 | 24,976 | −1,442 | 53,708 | 93,209 |
| Ratio, high/low | 1.01 | 1.12 | 1.09 | 0.99 | 1.23 | 1.36 |
| AIME category/year | Female
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| FEM–time trend
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FEM-Waldron
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| 1928 | 1960 | 1990 | 1928 | 1960 | 1990 | |
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| Lowest | 177,663 | 274,042 | 331,625 | 217,298 | 237,714 | 267,864 |
| 2 | 174,950 | 276,789 | 331,469 | 217,419 | 254,587 | 309,386 |
| 3 | 175,909 | 282,799 | 332,230 | 228,427 | 284,228 | 347,116 |
| Highest | 176,325 | 291,196 | 335,597 | 235,080 | 310,401 | 392,785 |
| Gap, high-low | −1,339 | 17,154 | 3,971 | 17,782 | 72,688 | 124,921 |
| Ratio, high/low | 0.99 | 1.06 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 1.31 | 1.47 |