Karamcheva, Nadia S. - Urban Institute - 2013
An increasing number of Americans are entering old age with outstanding debt, forcing many retirees to devote some … income to servicing their debt and leaving them with less to cover daily living expenses. Using Health and Retirement Study … (HRS) data, this brief reports that the share of adults ages 65 and older with outstanding debt increased from 30 to 46 …