. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2018 Jun;55(3):1033–1068. doi: 10.1007/s13524-018-0666-7

Table 2.

Trends in wealth inequality among children

	Cohort
	Earlier: Aged 10–14 in 1980s	Later: Aged 10–14 in 1990s	Current: Aged 10–14 in 2015
Median Net Worth
Top 10 %	788,728	893,577	1,198,000
Next 10 %	361,406	374,908	396,000
Bottom 80 %	57,055	39,977	21,000
Ratios
Top 10 %/Next 10 %	2.2	2.4	3.0
Top 10 %/Bottom 80 %	13.8	22.4	57.0
Next 10 %/Bottom 80 %	6.3	9.4	18.9
Share With Zero/Negative Net Worth	0.097	0.137	0.231
Gini Coefficient	0.719	0.797	0.879
Gini Coefficient (positive wealth)	0.678	0.740	0.767