Age of Head, 1989-2010
As a Pew Research Center analysis noted last year, nearly one in five U.S. households (19%) owed money on student loans in 2010, more than double the proportion in 1989. Among households headed by someone younger than 35 (i.e., people more likely to be recent college graduates), a record 40% had student-loan debt outstanding.
Households of with Outstanding StudentDDbb, by  | Age of Head, 1989-2010  | 45%  | Younger  | 40  | than 35  | 35  | 30  | 35-44  | 25  | 20  | 45-54  | 15  | 10  | 55-64  | 5  | 65 and  | older  | o  | 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010  | Note: Includes ducation loans that are currently in deferment and loans in  | sche duled repayment ducation period, loans  | Source: Pew Research Center tabulations ofSurvey of Consumer Finances data  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 