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

Table A4.

Impact of MOOP and Homeownership on Elderly and Nonelderly Poverty Rates

	Children	Nonelderly Adults	Elderly
MOOP ($)	3,474	3,467	4,693
Poverty rate effect (%)^*	2.6	1.3	9.2
Free and clear homeownership (%)	4.6	14.7	50.2
Poverty rate effect (%)^†	.3	−.5	−6.6

Note.—MOOP = medical out-of-pocket expenditures. Estimates are based on 2008 March Current Population Survey. Values are adjusted to January 2007 dollars (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis n.d.).

If MOOP are excluded from income.

^†

If free and clear homeownership is excluded from income.