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Wealth and Health: Exploring Asset Poverty as a Key Measure of Financial Security

Carl Rist
North Carolina Medical Journal January 2022, 83 (1) 11-16; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.1.11

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  • FIGURE 1.
    FIGURE 1.

    Median Family Wealth by Race/Ethnicity, 1963–2016

    Source. Urban Institute calculations from Survey of Financial Characteristics of Consumers 1962 (December 31). Survey of Changes in Family Finances 1963, and Survey of Consumer Finances 1983–2016.

    Note. 2016 dollars. No comparable data are available between 1963 and 1983. Black/Hispanic distinction within nonwhite population available only in 1983 and later.

  • FIGURE 2.
    FIGURE 2.

    Asset Poverty Rate by Race, in North Carolina

    Source. Prosperity Now Scorecard. Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2016.

    Note. Data shows “n/a” in instances where the are too few observations to produce a reliable estimate.

  • FIGURE 3.
    FIGURE 3.

    Liquid Asset Poverty Rate by Race, in North Carolina

    Source. Prosperity Now Scorecard. Survey of Income and Program Participation, 2016.

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Wealth and Health: Exploring Asset Poverty as a Key Measure of Financial Security
Carl Rist
North Carolina Medical Journal Jan 2022, 83 (1) 11-16; DOI: 10.18043/ncm.83.1.11
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