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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Econ Soc Meas. 2016 Jun 21;41(2):103–120. doi: 10.3233/JEM-160421

Table 3. Wealth holdings by component, SCF (without oversample, N=2,914) and PSID Household (N=8,021), 2007.

Average wealth among all households Proportion with any holdings Average wealth |>0 PSID net worth ifit had SCF ….
Wealth component SCF ($) PSID ($) SCF/PSID SCF minus
PSID ($)
Share of
difference in
total wealth
SCF PSID SCF/PSID SCF ($) PSID ($) SCF/PSID Proportion % of gap
explained
Average
($)
% of gap
explained
Business assets 99,100 69,874 1.42 29,226 68% 14.2 11.1 1.28 777,600 629,159 1.24 407,091 45% 404,175 38%
Checking/savings 38,500 29,094 1.32 9,406 22% 91.2 83.5 1.09 42,200 34,856 1.21 390,320 6% 393,754 14%
Stocks 43,300 56,042 0.77 -12,742 -29% 23.9 24.7 0.97 181,300 226,436 0.80 385,701 -4% 376,455 -26%
IRA/private annuities 39,500 46,332 0.85 -6,832 -16% 32.9 33.3 0.99 120,800 139,340 0.87 387,136 -1% 381,460 -14%
Net worth of vehicles 13,400 14,692 0.91 -1,292 -3% 85.3 84.5 1.01 15,700 17,380 0.90 387,758 0% 386,207 -3%
Equity in primary residence 135,400 117,167 1.16 18,233 42% 68.6 64.7 1.06 197,400 181,506 1.09 394,971 17% 398,107 24%
Equity in real estate excluding primary residence 46,300 55,155 0.84 -8,855 -20% 19.8 16.0 1.24 235,900 344,118 0.69 400,605 30% 370,283 -40%
Other assets 23,900 10,249 2.33 13,651 32% 35.4 17.7 2.00 67,500 57,788 1.17 397,833 24% 389,347 4%
Other debts 8,500 10,980 0.77 -2,480 -6% 56.4 51.8 1.09 15,100 21,198 0.71 388,601 2% 384,466 -7%
Total net worth 430,900 387,625 1.11 43,275 89.1 86.1 1.03 485,600 453,621 1.07 404,176 38% 418,296 71%
Other distributional points ($)
Median Median P75 P75 P90 P90
Wealth component SCF PSID SCF PSID SCF PSID
Business assets 0 0 0 0 12,000 5,000
Checking/savings 4,200 4,000 19,800 18,000 76,000 60,114
Stocks 0 0 0 0 45,000 85,000
IRA/private annuities 0 0 10,000 12,000 85,000 110,000
Net worth of vehicles 8,200 8,000 17,600 20,000 30,500 35,000
Equity in primary residence 50,000 45,000 155,000 150,000 329,000 310,000
Equity in real estate excluding primary residence 0 0 0 0 80,000 60,000
Other assets 0 0 3,500 0 30,500 10,000
Other debts 500 300 7,300 8,000 24,000 25,000
Total net worth 102,100 96,700 316,300 345,500 800,100 860,000