Chart: Share of the elderly at various income-to-supplemental-poverty-threshold ratios, by age group, 2009–2011 average | Economic Policy Institute

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Share of the elderly at various income-to-supplemental-poverty-threshold ratios, by age group, 2009–2011 average

Note: SPM refers to the Supplemental Poverty Measure.

Source: Authors' analysis of pooled 2009–2011 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata

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