Report analysing the relationship between income, circumstances, and the level of material wellbeing of the aged. At the time of the interim report, research interviews had been completed with 1,913 of a sample of 3,395 recipients of either the Old Age or Superannuation benefit or War Veterans allowance. No mention is made of Māori recipients of either payment or of their participation in the research. The survey concludes that flat rate increases to benefits are an extremely expensive way of handling problems of deprivation in the aged population and insufficiently targets those who have the most need. An alternative approach suggested was a minimum guaranteed income supplement scheme on top of a basic benefit which would be a more efficient use of funds but complex and expensive to administer. The skeleton policy proposed for the 1975 Budget envisaged a three-tiered system of benefits: a flat rate Superannuation benefit for which recipients would not be entitled to other forms of assistance; a flat rate income-tested Age benefit with eligibility conditions for a series of supplements; and special allowances (rent, mortgage loans, free health services) for those on the Age benefit meeting certain conditions.