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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Cap. 2013 Winter;7(4):297–339. doi: 10.1086/673207

Table 5.

Mean two-year percentage return on total assets by interval and by education, for two-person households age 65 and over

< HS HS Some college College or more
1998–2000 4.3% 15.3% 18.6% 24.7%
2000–2002 8.6% 1.0% 0.4% 7.1%
2002–2004 13.0% 7.6% 13.1% 14.9%
2004–2006 13.2% 13.3% 13.5% 17.9%
2006–2008 −6.0% 0.8% 1.7% 7.3%
Average 6.6% 7.6% 9.5% 14.4%