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Published in final edited form as: J Econ Ageing. 2015 Dec 1;6:133–148. doi: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2015.08.001

Table 5.

Ratio of mean assets to mean lifetime earnings, by lifetime earnings decile and by level of education

Lifetime earnings decile	Less than HS	GED or HS graduate	Some college	College or more
1	0.55	0.44	0.71	2.27
2	0.13	0.25	0.43	0.80
3	0.12	0.24	0.26	0.51
4	0.14	0.18	0.24	0.39
5	0.13	0.15	0.20	0.31
6	0.14	0.15	0.22	0.37
7	0.18	0.16	0.25	0.38
8	0.14	0.18	0.24	0.41
9	0.14	0.18	0.25	0.41
10	0.28	0.21	0.27	0.36
all	0.16	0.18	0.25	0.40