Social security can cover subsets of services or population.
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Social security, a term long used by the ILO, is defined (ILO, 2000, p. 29) as ‘‘the protection which society provides for its members, through a series of public measures9 [FOOTNOTE 9 BEGINS] 9 A key difference between ‘‘social security’’ and ‘‘social protection’’ is that the former is provided through public measures. The term ‘‘social security’’ was first officially used in the title of U.S. legislation – the Social Security Act of 1935 – even though this Act initiated programs that focused only on the risks of old age, death and disability (ILO, 1989, p. 3). [FOOTNOTE 9 ENDS]: to offset the absence or substantial reduction of income from work resulting from various contingencies (notably sickness, maternity, employment injury, unemployment, invalidity, old age and death of the breadwinner); to provide people with health care; and to provide benefits for families with children.’’