Income of the Elderly Population Age 65 and Over, 2007

The U.S. retirement income system -- including employment-based retirement plans, Social Security, individual saving, and post-retirement employment -- can be assessed in part by examining the income of the current elderly population (age 65 and older). This paper reviews the latest available data on the older population's income (from the U.S. Census Bureau's March 2008 Current Population Survey) and how it has changed over time, as well as how the elderly's reliance on these sources varies across demographic characteristics.The PDF for the above title, published in the May 2009 issue of EBRI Notes, also contains the fulltext of another May 2009 EBRI Notes article abstracted on SSRN: “Consumer Engagement in Health Care: The Use of Lower Cost-Sharing.”