Old-age pension for a housewife

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A housewife – is a female resident of Israel who is insured and is married to a husband who is insured (except for an abandoned wife), and who is not a salaried employee or self-employed. All the regulations detailed in this section referring to “housewives” refer also to:
  • A widow who receives a survivors’ pension;
  • A widow who receives a benefit for work-injury dependents;
Until January 1996 a “housewife” was not covered by old-age and survivors’ insurance and was not eligible for an old-age pension, but her husband was eligible for a increment to his benefit for her.

Following an amendment to the law in 1996, housewives were also included among those who may be eligible for old-age and survivors’ insurance.