[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR404.115]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 404_FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950	 )
--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Insured Status and Quarters of Coverage
 
Sec. 404.115  Table for determining the quarters of coverage you need to 
be fully insured.

    (a) General. You may use the following table to determine the number 
of quarters of coverage (QCs) you need to be fully insured under Sec. 
404.110. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section tell you how to use this 
table.

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Worker who reaches retirement age as described in Sec.  404.110(b)(2)       Worker who dies before reaching
-----------------------------------------------------------------------    retirement age as described in Sec.
                                                    Col. II \1\                       404.110(b)(2)
                                           ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Col. V \4\--
           Col. I--Date of birth                                          Col. III                   Age in year
                                                 Men          Women     \2\--Year of   Col. IV \3\    of death
                                                                            death
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Jan. 1, 1893 or earlier...................             6             6      \5\ 1957             6        \6\ 28
Jan. 2, 1893 to Jan. 1, 1894..............             7             6          1958             7            29
Jan. 2, 1894 to Jan. 1, 1895..............             8             6          1959             8            30
Jan. 2, 1895 to Jan. 1, 1896..............             9             6          1960             9            31
Jan. 2, 1896 to Jan. 1, 1897..............            10             7          1961            10            32
Jan. 2, 1897 to Jan. 1, 1898..............            11             8          1962            11            33
Jan. 2, 1898 to Jan. 1, 1899..............            12             9          1963            12            34
Jan. 2, 1899 to Jan. 1, 1900..............            13            10          1964            13            35
Jan. 2, 1900 to Jan. 1, 1901..............            14            11          1965            14            36
Jan. 2, 1901 to Jan. 1, 1902..............            15            12          1966            15            37
Jan. 2, 1902 to Jan. 1, 1903..............            16            13          1967            16            38
Jan. 2, 1903 to Jan. 1, 1904..............            17            14          1968            17            39
Jan. 2, 1904 to Jan. 1, 1905..............            18            15          1969            18            40
Jan. 2, 1905 to Jan. 1, 1906..............            19            16          1970            19            41
Jan. 2, 1906 to Jan. 1, 1907..............            20            17          1971            20            42
Jan. 2, 1907 to Jan. 1, 1908..............            21            18          1972            21            43
Jan. 2, 1908 to Jan. 1, 1909..............            22            19          1973            22            44
Jan. 2, 1909 to Jan. 1, 1910..............            23            20          1974            23            45
Jan. 2, 1910 to Jan. 1, 1911..............            24            21          1975            24            46
Jan. 2, 1911 to Jan. 1, 1912..............            24            22          1976            25            47
Jan. 2, 1912 to Jan. 1, 1913..............            24            23          1977            26            48
Jan. 2, 1913 to Jan. 1, 1914..............            24            24          1978            27            49
Jan. 2, 1914 to Jan. 1, 1915..............            25            25          1979            28            50
Jan. 2, 1915 to Jan. 1, 1916..............            26            26          1980            29            51
Jan. 2, 1916 to Jan. 1, 1917..............            27            27          1981            30            52
Jan. 2, 1917 to Jan. 1, 1918..............            28            28          1982            31            53
Jan. 2, 1918 to Jan. 1, 1919..............            29            29          1983            32            54
Jan. 2, 1919 to Jan. 1, 1920..............            30            30          1984            33            55
Jan. 2, 1920 to Jan. 1, 1921..............            31            31          1985            34            56
Jan. 2, 1921 to Jan. 1, 1922..............            32            32          1986            35            57
Jan. 2, 1922 to Jan. 1, 1923..............            33            33          1987            36            58
Jan. 2, 1923 to Jan. 1, 1924..............            34            34          1988            37            59
Jan. 2, 1924 to Jan. 1, 1925..............            35            35          1989            38            60
Jan. 2, 1925 to Jan. 1, 1926..............            36            36          1990            39            61
Jan. 2, 1926 to Jan. 1, 1927..............            37            37      \7\ 1991            40            62
Jan. 2, 1927 to Jan. 1, 1928..............            38            38  ............  ............  ............
Jan. 2, 1928 to Jan. 1, 1929..............            39            39  ............  ............  ............
Jan. 2, 1929 or later.....................            40  ............  ............  ............
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\1\ Number of QCs required for fully insured status; living worker or worker who dies after reaching retirement
  age.
\2\ Worker born before Jan. 2, 1930 who dies before reaching retirement age.
\3\ Number of QCs required for fully insured status.
\4\ Worker born Jan. 2, 1930 or later, who dies before reaching retirement age.
\5\ Or earlier.
\6\ Or younger.
\7\ Or later.

    (b) Number of QCs you need. The QCs you need for fully insured 
status are in column II opposite your date of birth in column I. If a 
worker dies before

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reaching retirement age as described in Sec. 404.110(b)(2), the QCs 
needed for fully insured status are shown in column IV opposite--
    (1) The year of death in column III, if the worker was born before 
January 2, 1930; or
    (2) The age in the year of death in column V, if the worker was born 
after January 1, 1930.
    (c) How a period of disability affects the number of QCs you need. 
If you had a period of disability established for you, it affects the 
number of QCs you need to be fully insured (see Sec. 404.110(c)). For 
each year which is wholly or partly in a period of disability, subtract 
one QC from the number of QCs shown in the appropriate line and column 
of the table as explained in paragraph (b) of this section.

                        Currently Insured Status