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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: MKTBUZZ who started this subject	9/28/2000 10:38:34 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) of 769667

Poverty and Aging: Poverty About 3.4 million elderly persons were below the poverty*** level in 1998. The poverty rate for persons 65+ was 10.5%, no change from 1997, and the same as the rate for persons 18-64. Another 2.1 million or 6.3% of the elderly were classified as "near-poor" (income between the poverty level and 125% of this level). In total, one of every six (17.0%) older persons was poor or near-poor in 1998. One of every eleven (8.9%) elderly Whites was poor in 1998, compared to 26.4% of elderly African-Americans and 21.0% of elderly Hispanics. Higher than average poverty rates for older persons correlated with living in central cities (13.8%), rural areas (12.5%), and in the South (12.0%). Older women had a higher poverty rate (12.8%) than older men (7.2%) in 1998. Older persons living alone or with nonrelatives were much more likely to be poor (20.4%) than were older persons living with families (6.4%). The highest poverty rates (49.3%) were experienced by older African-American women who lived alone. (Based on data from Current Population Reports, " Poverty in the United States: 1998," P60-207, Issued September, 1999 by the U.S. Bureau of the Census). aoa.dhhs.gov

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