. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 25.

Published in final edited form as: Soc Serv Rev. 2011 Mar;85(1):39–74. doi: 10.1086/659129

Table A3.

Elderly and Nonelderly Thresholds

	Official Nonelderly ($)	Official Elderly ($)	SPM-Style ($)	% Change (Official elderly to SPM-Style)
Single	10,787	9,944	11,284	13
Couple	13,884	12,533	16,015	28

Note.—NAS = National Academy of Sciences recommendations (see Citro and Michael 1995). These thresholds are for illustrative purposes and do not include an adjustment for homeownership without a mortgage. Estimates are based on 2003–07 Consumer Expenditure Survey, and values are adjusted to January 2007 dollars (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis n.d.).