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About 300,000 children a year now get social security cards before they’re 6 years old, according to Mrs. Hazel F. Crumpton, social security district manager in Winchester. “About 32,000 infants a year are issued social security numbers before they’re 1 year old,” Mrs. Crumpton said. “The numbers are often used on bank accounts and stock certificates in a child’s name,” she said. “Most people don’t, start working and making payroll or self-employment contributions to social security until they’re somewhat older than 6,” she said. “Some start earlier, though. Recently, a little girl in Mississippi got a job - and her social security card - when she was 1 year old. She was hired to play the role of an infant in a movie and earned social security credit.”
“Contributions to social security from covered earnings build a young worker’s protection against loss of earnings in case of severe and prolonged disability as well as for retirement,” Mrs. Crumpton said. “Also, a worker’s family can count on survivors insurance if he dies prematurely.”
A parent can get a social security card for a child by applying at any social security of
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