Sentences with phrase «as debtor households»

And the wealth gap is also large for households headed by young adults without a bachelor's degree: Those with no student debt have accumulated roughly nine times as much wealth as debtor households ($ 10,900 vs. $ 1,200).

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Using the conventional total debt - to - income ratio, where debt is measured as a share of income, college - educated student debtors are by far the most indebted.2 The median college - educated student debtor has total debt equal to about two years» worth of household income (205 %).

If a debtor has sufficient income to pay necessary household expenses, and still have money left over, Section 707 (b) of the Bankruptcy Code could be used to have the case dismissed as «abusive.»

For purposes of the means test, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code defines current monthly income as including: «any amount paid by any entity other than the debtor (or in a joint case the debtor and the debtor's spouse), on a regular basis for the household expenses of the debtor or the debtor's dependents (and in a joint case the debtor's spouse if not otherwise a dependent)...» Benefits received under the Social Security Act, payments to victims of war crimes or crimes against humanity on account of their status as victims of such crimes, and payments to victims of international terrorism or domestic terrorism on account of their status as victims of such terrorism are excluded from the means test.

Insolvent debtors with a household income above the government mandated thresholds limits are more likely to choose a consumer proposal as an alternative to bankruptcy in order to spread potential surplus income payments over a period of up to five years.

Among young households headed by a college graduate, those with student debt are more likely than non-student debtors to have outstanding vehicle debt (43 % vs. 27 %), significantly more likely to have credit card debt (60 % vs. 39 %), and just as likely to have housing - related debt (56 %).

Younger households tend to be more highly leveraged than older households, and student debtor households tend to be more leveraged than households that do not owe student debt.5 Among the young and college - educated, student debtor households are nearly twice as leveraged as their counterparts lacking student debt — 67 % vs. 34 %.

Using the conventional total debt - to - income ratio, where debt is measured as a share of income, college - educated student debtors are by far the most indebted.2 The median college - educated student debtor has total debt equal to about two years» worth of household income (205 %).

Among young households whose heads lack at least a bachelor's degree, student debtors are more likely than those without student debt to owe on vehicle loans, credit card debt and other types of debt and are just as likely to have a mortgage and other installment debt.

A «student debtor» refers to a household owing outstanding education - related installment debt and includes loans that are currently in deferment as well as loans in their scheduled repayment period.