Table 1.
Percentage of Unpartnered Adults Aged 60 and Older Who Are in the Bottom Third of Income and Wealth Distributions by Living Arrangements and Country. a
| Income |
Wealth |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Living With Others | Living Alone | Country | Living With Others | Living Alone |
| Hungary | 88.2 | 30.1 | Switzerland | 64 | 30.9 |
| Poland | 75.5 | 23.3 | Hungary | 56.9 | 30.1 |
| Estonia | 88.2 | 37.3 | Slovenia | 48.1 | 25.1 |
| Spain | 69.7 | 19.4 | United States | 63.8 | 40.8 |
| Czech Republic | 90 | 45.4 | Greece | 55.3 | 33.7 |
| Luxembourg | 77.4 | 34.3 | France | 65.2 | 43.8 |
| Portugal | 64.9 | 23.4 | Belgium | 52.4 | 34.7 |
| Austria | 82.6 | 41.4 | Germany | 63 | 45.6 |
| Slovenia | 75.9 | 36.1 | Portugal | 49.8 | 37.4 |
| Italy | 67.7 | 35.7 | Czech Republic | 50.1 | 41.4 |
| France | 78.2 | 46.7 | Spain | 60.3 | 51.8 |
| Greece | 67 | 35.8 | Netherlands | 54.2 | 46.6 |
| Belgium | 75.4 | 45.3 | Austria | 57.6 | 50.5 |
| Croatia | 63.7 | 34.5 | Sweden | 45.3 | 39.1 |
| United States | 75.7 | 46.5 | Luxembourg | 48.9 | 43.6 |
| Germany | 75.4 | 47.5 | Poland | 56 | 50.9 |
| Netherlands | 74.5 | 48.1 | Italy | 46.1 | 41.7 |
| Switzerland | 65.1 | 44.5 | Croatia | 45.9 | 47.9 |
| Denmark | 66.3 | 56.3 | Estonia | 48.1 | 50.6 |
| Sweden | 60.5 | 54.8 | Denmark | 48.9 | 53.6 |
Source. Data from Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2011–2015), Health and Retirement Study (2014), and authors’ calculations.
a
Countries are sorted by the percentage–point difference in the share of older adults living with others and living alone who are in the bottom third of income and wealth distributions.