Percentages of government social program beneficiaries who report that they “have not used a government social program”:
529 or Coverdell: 64.3%
Home Mortgage Interest Deduction: 60.0%
Hope or Lifetime Learning Tax Credit: 59.6%
Student Loans: 53.3%
Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit: 51.7%
Earned Income Tax Credit: 47.1%
Social Security—Retirement & Survivors: 44.1%
Pell Grants: 43.1%
Unemployment Insurance: 43.0%
Veterans Benefits (other than GI Bill): 41.7%
GI Bill: 40.3%
Medicare: 39.8%
Head Start: 37.2%
Social Security Disability: 28.7%
SSI—Supplemental Security Income: 28.2%
Medicaid: 27.8%
Welfare/Public Assistance: 27.4%
Government Subsidized Housing: 27.4%
Food Stamps: 25.4%
Source: Social and Governmental Issues and Participation Study, 2008. Survey conducted by Survey Research Institute, Cornell University. Principal Investigator, Suzanne Mettler.
