Retirement expenditures for Whites, Blacks, and persons of Hispanic origin (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, June 2003

Retirement expenditures for Whites, Blacks, and persons of Hispanic origin

Pierre Bahizi
Economist, Branch of Information and Analysis, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: Bahizi.Pierre@bls.gov

The relationship between income and expenditure level reveals differences in spending patterns among retirees of different groups; housing, food, and transportation are the largest expenditure components.

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