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Show UTAH AVERAGES " $39.12 IN OLD AGE PENSIONS The average cost per inhabitant of paying old age assistance in Utah is nearly twice that of the that of the Federal Social Secur-nation Secur-nation as whole, but less than ity board's region 21, because of the high cost of assistance in Colorado, Col-orado, most populous state in the region. A report from the board released releas-ed Monday by the State Welfare Dept., showed the average monthly month-ly grant per recipient in Utah last July 1 was $39.12, or an average cost per inhabitant- of $10.10. In the nation the average grant was $31.47 and the cost per inhabitant was $5.70. In region 21 the average aver-age grant was $38.57 and the cost, $12.37. It also was shown that 50.6 of Utah's labor force was in employment em-ployment not covered toy old age and survivors' insurance, under which workers pay into an insurance insur-ance plan to provide old age benefits. bene-fits. The average for the nation was 46 while in Rhode Island, a state with a population comparable compar-able to Utah's but highly industrialized, industri-alized, only 27 were not covered. Among occupations not covered are agriculture and public service. |