being the least likely to have debt (24% report no debt)
-- 22% of women have over $20,000 in debt, excluding mortgage debt --
Gen X (30%) especially likely to be more than $20,000 in non-mortgage
related debt
-- 62% of women have credit card debt -- even higher among Gen X (72%)
and young mothers 18-34 (70%)
-- 51% of women are concerned about credit card debt -- even higher among
Gen X (64%)
-- 28% of women say "credit card debt prevents me from saving for the
future" -- even higher for Gen X women (36%)
-- Only 31% of women report paying off their credit card bills every
month -- even lower for Gen X (26%), young mothers 18-34 (21%) and
single mothers with children under 18 (21%)
-- 26% say they "dread the arrival of their credit card bills every
month" -- even higher among Gen X women (35%) and mothers of children
under 18 (34%) and single mothers with children under 18 (41%)
Healthcare
-- Nearly half (46%) of women are extremely concerned about rising health
care costs -- especially high among Boomer women (55%) and single
mothers with children under 18 (52%)
-- 38% have incurred debt from medical bills -- even higher among mothers
of children under 18 (49%), especially young mothers 18-34 (59%)
-- One in 5 (18%) women report that they do not have health insurance
coverage -- even higher among single mothers with children under
18 (24%)
-- Among those women who do have health coverage, nearly half (46%) are
worried about being able to afford healthcare when they retire and 40%
say their "co-payments keep increasing and becoming too expensive"
-- Baby Boomer women with health insurance coverage are especially likely
to be worried about how they wi
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