Table 6.16
Share of households late paying bills, by income group, 1989–2010
| Income fifth | Breakdown of top fifth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom | Second | Middle | Fourth | 80th–<90th percentile | Top 10% | |
| 1989 | 18.2% | 12.2% | 5.0% | 5.9% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
| 1998 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 1.6 |
| 2001 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| 2007 | 15.1 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0.2 |
| 2010 | 21.2 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 2.1 |
| Change | ||||||
| 1989–2007 | -3.1 | -0.7 | 3.3 | -1.8 | 1.0 | -2.2 |
| 2007–2010 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
Note: The table shows households with any payment past due 60 days or more.
Source: Bricker et al. (2012)
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