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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Am Acad Pol Soc Sci. 2013 Nov;650(1):98–123. doi: 10.1177/0002716213497452

Table 4A. Quintile-to-Quintile Wealth Mobility during the Great Recession, PSID.

Net Worth 2005/2007 Net Worth 2009/2011
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
1st (lowest) quintile 66.2 28.3 4.0 1.3 0.3 100
2nd 22.7 49.0 24.0 3.8 0.6 100
3rd 10.8 17.2 51.0 18.9 2.2 100
4th 4.0 5.3 18.8 54.8 17.2 100
5th (highest) quintile 1.2 2.1 2.7 17.4 76.6 100

NOTE: Based on balanced panel 2005–2011 for households headed by the same household head in 2005, 2007, and 2009.