Document Type
Fact Sheet
Publication Date
2-2013
Keywords
seniors, low-income households, Massachusetts, older residents, demographics
Disciplines
Demography, Population, and Ecology | Elder Law | Family, Life Course, and Society | Public Policy | Social Policy
Abstract
Seniors in low-income households struggle to make ends meet in virtually every community throughout the Commonwealth. An estimated 158,000 households headed by an adult aged 65 or older lives on an income below $20,000—representing more than one-quarter of all older households.
Recommended Citation
Lyu, Jiyoung; Gravette, Hayley; Steinman, Bernard A.; Mutchler, Jan; and Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, University of Massachusetts Boston, "Low Income Households: Residents of Massachusetts, Aged 65 and Over" (2013). Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging Publications. Paper 3.
http://scholarworks.umb.edu/demographyofaging/3
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Comments
Demographic Fact Sheet #3