A look at distributions of income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in 2010. An AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet by Ke Bin Wu. More

According to a new PPI Fact Sheet by Ke Bin Wu of the AARP Public Policy Institute, The current official poverty measure understates persons age 65 or older in poverty, largely because it is based on ... More

Older Americans in Poverty: A Snapshot examines the persistent problem of elderly poverty in the United States. It provides important data on older adults in poverty-who they are, where they live, a ... More

Metada description: AARP Public Policy Institute examines findings from a national survey of underbanked and unbanked consumers. More

This AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet looks at sources of income for Hispanics age 65+ and finds they rely on Social Security far more than retirees as a whole. Using data from the U.S. Census ... More

This AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet by Jean Accius highlights recent changes in the Food Stamp Program, including expanded program access due to the reauthorization of the 2008 Farm Bill. Dat ... More

Wealth accumulation, poverty levels, net worth, and income replacement rates at age 67 for low-income boomers are projected and compared with those of low-income retirees from other birth cohorts in t ... More

This AARP Public Policy Institute Data Digest by Laurel Beedon describes the SSI program from 1974 through 1999--its administration, its financing, its recipient population, benefit levels and distrib ... More

How proposed reforms to the Social Security system might affect American women's economic well-being is explored in this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper by Melissa M. Favreault and Frank J. S ... More

Some Social Security reform proposals would result in reduction of the program's disability insurance benefits. In this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper, Selin Opcin and David Stapleton of The ... More