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Developing a Savings Habit
/ Research Report
November 2006—
Efforts by low-income working women between ages 45 and 65 to save money, the financial barriers confronting them, and their need for ways to overcome these obstacles are explored in this report of findings from focus groups conducted for AARP and the AARP Foundation’s Women’s Leadership Circle during August and September 2006. (79 pages)
Deeper in Debt Redux: Housing and Nonhousing Debt Burdens
/ Research Report
August 2002—
Variations in housing and nonhousing debt burdens by income for households headed by persons in three age groups (50-64, 65-74, and 75+) are examined in this AARP Public Policy Institute Data Digest by John Gist and Carlos Figueiredo. (2 pages)
(Publication ID: DD75)
Deeper In Debt: Trends Among Midlife and Older Americans
/ Research Report
April 2002—
Despite the 1990s' robust economic growth, personal debt for households headed by people age 50 and older increased substantially between 1989 and 1998, mainly in the area of housing. An AARP Public Policy Institute Data Digest by John Gist and Carlos Figueiredo. (4 pages)
(Publication ID: DD70)