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Share of families with debt in the United States 2007-2016, by work status of family head

Share of families with debt in the United States from 2007 to 2016, by work status of family head
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The data describes the share of families with debt in the U.S. from 2007 to 2016, by work status of family head. It was found that 80.8% of the families, in which the family head was self-employed, held debt in 2016.

Employee 86.2 83.9 82.8 86.1
Self-employed 86.8 82 82.2 80.8
Retired 52.3 51 55.4 60
Other not working 69.9 75.1 70.4 64.1