Applying earlier for Social Security benefits

Notes: Sample includes people, who did not yet apply for Social Security benefits and who were 60 years old and older from August 2020 to March 2021

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "Household Pulse Survey Public Use File (PUF), Phase 2 and 3 PUF Releases," available at https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/household-pulse-survey/datasets.html (last accessed April 2021).
Figure: Center for American Progress