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Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936–2007

Name: Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936–2007
Published: 2024-07-01
License: This work is licensed under an Other license created by the data depositor. Please refer to the LICENSE file, which should be located alongside the project data and documentation.

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Anthony Wray, University of Southern Denmark; United States Federal Security Agency. Social Security Board; United States Social Security Administration

Version: View help for Version V2

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Project Citation:

Wray, Anthony, United States Federal Security Agency. Social Security Board, and United States Social Security Administration. Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936–2007. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-09-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E207202V2

Project Description

Summary: This series contains records for every Social Security number (SSN) assigned to individuals with a verified death or who would have been over 110 years old by December 31, 2007. There are three types of entries in NUMIDENT: application (SS-5), claim, and death records. A NUMIDENT record may contain more than one entry.

Information contained in NUMIDENT records includes: each applicant's full name, SSN, date of birth, place of birth, citizenship, sex, father's name, mother's maiden name, and race/ethnic description (optional). NUMIDENT includes information regarding any subsequent changes made to the applicant's record, including name changes and life or death claims.

The death records in NUMIDENT do not include any State reported deaths in accordance with the Social Security Act section 205(r). There are 72,182,729 SS-5 records entries; 25,230,486 claim record entries; and 49,459,293 death record entries.

Visit https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12004494 for more information.

Visit the CenSoc Project for public micro datasets linked to NUMIDENT: https://censoc.berkeley.edu/.

Please adhere to the citation and data usage guidelines when using this dataset. See the included LICENSE.txt and README.md files for details.

Funding Sources: Economic History Association, Arthur H. Cole Grant

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Employment; Health; Income; Social Security

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 1936 – 2007

Collection Date(s): 1936 – 2007

Universe: This series contains records for every social security number (SSN) assigned to individuals with a verified death or who would have been over 110 years old by December 31, 2007.

Data Type(s): administrative records data

Collection Notes: The agency created and maintained these records for the purpose of tracking the earnings of U.S. workers and determining benefit entitlements as established under the Social Security Act of 1935.

See https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12004494 for more information.

Methodology

Data Source: See https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12004494 for more information.

Unit(s) of Observation: A record for every social security number (SSN) assigned to individuals with a verified death or who would have been over 110 years old by December 31, 2007.

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V3 [2024-09-16]

V2 [2024-09-12]

V1 [2024-07-01]

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