Chart: Poverty rate for elderly and non-elderly adults, 1966–2011

Figure B

Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.

Source: Authors’ analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC) Historical Poverty Tables (Table 3)

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