Table 2.
Bivariate Relationship between Imputed Income and Assets by Perceived Economic Position Measures (National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project)
| Income ($) |
Assets ($) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SE | n | Mean | SE | n | |
|
Perceived Economic Position
Measures | ||||||
| Relative to Peers | ||||||
| “far below average” | 27,205 | 5,714 | 241 | 219,521 | 112,032 | 242 |
| “below average” | 27,832 | 2,212 | 487 | 264,291 | 64,193 | 484 |
| “average” | 50,214 | 2,692 | 1154 | 516,700 | 46,747 | 1152 |
| “above average” | 87,502 | 4,512 | 424 | 957,463 | 98,479 | 423 |
| “far above average” | 167,032 | 27,713 | 46 | 2,470,061 | 557,249 | 46 |
| Relative to American Families | ||||||
| “far below average” | 25,549 | 5,302 | 264 | 211,937 | 112,180 | 261 |
| “below average” | 28,607 | 2,351 | 539 | 261,806 | 56,229 | 538 |
| “average” | 48,155 | 2,763 | 978 | 448,270 | 51,780 | 978 |
| “above average” | 81,609 | 3,354 | 467 | 942,771 | 99,142 | 466 |
| “far above average” | 157,900 | 17,577 | 96 | 2,272,417 | 364,873 | 96 |