Table 6.

Mean two-year potential dollar return on total assets (in 2008 dollars) by lagged asset quintile and level of education, for two-person households age 65 and over, by interval.

Lagged asset quintile	< HS	HS	Some college	College or more	Difference (college or more minus <HS)
1998–2000
1 (low)	−744	4,598	6,398	10,510	11,253
2	6,404	20,196	23,997	30,313	23,909
3	31,407	49,276	58,241	67,195	35,788
4	83,160	113,418	121,253	146,846	63,686
5 (high)	196,717	351,898	400,330	538,399	341,682
All	29,302	85,628	128,682	251,700	222,398
2000–2002
1 (low)	6,697	1,848	1,417	8,531	1,834
2	17,568	5,334	3,867	25,105	7,537
3	20,203	5,705	1,889	32,598	12,395
4	22,884	−8,101	−3,771	40,602	17,718
5 (high)	−51,408	−61,776	−55,113	37,950	89,358
All	8,299	−6,493	−10,292	33,650	25,351
2002–2004
1 (low)	8,565	5,650	9,855	14,480	5,915
2	25,293	15,521	28,836	38,816	13,523
3	37,783	26,860	47,313	59,702	21,919
4	61,937	43,957	73,682	92,531	30,594
5 (high)	155,375	91,426	166,326	229,816	74,441
All	32,761	30,415	66,997	125,173	92,412
2004–2006
1 (low)	7,716	8,671	9,262	13,842	6,126
2	23,366	24,876	26,284	41,044	17,678
3	44,016	46,988	50,132	69,730	25,713
4	82,178	85,311	89,237	120,326	38,148
5 (high)	240,837	212,144	239,661	332,339	91,502
All	38,382	60,368	84,730	171,670	133,288
2006–2008
1 (low)	−4,994	−2,792	−1,400	1,579	6,573
2	−10,554	−2,329	−1,662	11,198	21,752
3	−9,312	8,030	8,640	26,167	35,479
4	21,632	44,342	41,550	54,487	32,855
5 (high)	110,523	138,196	144,889	251,889	141,366
All	3,701	25,620	37,943	107,273	103,572
All intervals combined
1	3,624	3,490	5,003	9,594	5,970
2	12,842	12,565	16,358	28,427	15,585
3	26,027	27,255	32,281	49,456	23,430
4	55,382	53,921	65,347	89,166	33,785
5	120,490	144,853	176,825	272,235	151,745
All	22,970	38,264	60,666	134,441	111,472