The effect of disability on the net worth of elderly people |
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Authors: | Ozawa Martha N Yeo Yeong Hun |
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Institution: | Department of Social Policy, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA. owaza@wustl.edu |
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Abstract: | As demographic shifts make the Social Security program financially vulnerable, the responsibility for income security in old age will shift from the government to elderly people. In this changing environment, the accumulation of wealth will be a crucial issue because wealth holders can draw income from assets, which can supplement retirement income. Thus, wealth (or net worth) is a proximate indicator of economic well-being of the elderly. This article presents the findings of a study of the net worth of elderly people with disabilities. The major findings were that a smaller proportion of elderly people with disabilities has assets of any type compared with elderly people with no disability; the dollar value of each type of asset is smaller among elderly people with disabilities than among elderly people with no disability; and the net worth of people with disabilities is smaller than that of elderly people with no disability even after other variables were controlled. |
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