Older Women's Financial Resources and Perception of Financial Adequacy

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ID20392771
AuthorsMarsha A Goetting (Iowa State University), M Valora Raiser (Iowa State University), Peter Martins (0000-0002-9781-4961, Iowa State University), Peter Martin (0000-0003-4638-0638), Leonard W Poon (University of Georgia), Mary Ann Johnson (0000-0002-3224-1744, University of Georgia)
Year1996
Volume7
Issue4
Pages67-81
Publication date1996-02-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Women & Aging (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0895-2841 • E-ISSN: 1540-7322
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j074v07n04_06
OpenAlexW2032712445
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Data from the Georgia Centenarian Study were used to investigate sources and amounts of older women's financial resources and their perception about the adequacy of those resources. The findings revealed that age, marital status and race have an impact on women's financial resources. Centenarian women had the highest poverty rate. Six times as many black as white women received Supplemental Security Income. The poverty rate for black women approached that of single centenarian women. Over twice as many married women received pensions and more had investment earnings than those who were not-married. Fourteen times as many not-married women as married women were in poverty

Black women · Centenarian · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Marital status · Perception · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Demography · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Finance · Gerontology

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