According to a 2006 report on sources of income for older persons, "about 89 percent of whites, 80.9 percent of blacks, and 72.4 percent of Hispanics had income from Social Security in 2006...33.2 percent of whites had income from pension and retirement savings, compared with 25.2 percent of blacks and 13.9 percent Hispanics."(p. 4)

Wu, K. B. (2008). Sources of income for older persons, 2006. Washington, DC: AARP Public Policy Institute. Retrieved from http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/fs143_income.pdf

This report includes information about income sources for individuals age 65 and older in 2006 obtained from the March 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS)

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