Table 2. Years of Poverty Experienced Between the Ages of 25 to 60. (Standard Errors in Parentheses).

	Bottom of Income Distribution
Years of Poverty	20 percent	10 percent
Total Years
1 or more	61.8 (5.1)	42.1 (5.4)
2 or more	45 (5.4)	25.8 (5.0)
3 or more	34.8 (5.4)	19.0 (4.8)
4 or more	29.4 (5.4)	14.6 (4.5)
5 or more	24.9 (5.4)	11.4 (4.0)
10 or more	11.9 (4.2)	4.1 (2.7)
Consecutive Years
1 or more	61.8 (5.1)	42.1 (5.4)
2 or more	38.2 (5.1)	20.5 (4.6)
3 or more	27.4 (5.0)	13.2 (4.1)
4 or more	21.1 (4.7)	9.1 (3.6)
5 or more	15.3 (4.1)	5.9 (2.7)
10 or more	5.6 (3.0)	1.5 (1.5)